The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to Know

Re:The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to ... by crusso on Monday November 17, 2014 @08:50PM (#8621978)

What does "unbiased" mean in the context of a group that has a stated advocacy purpose?

Why would we expect or want anything else?

You're free to act or not upon the EFF's urging - but at least they're honest about their goals.

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Re:The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to ... by diminoten on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @02:56AM (#8622880)

They misrepresent views and lie about legislation.

What's honest about that?

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Re:The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to ... by deciplex on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:41AM (#8623138)

What misrepresentation? What lies?

FWIW, I've read some other articles about this bill, and my opinion of it has improved slightly since reading the EFF brief here.

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Re:The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to ... by diminoten on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @10:47AM (#8624344)

Last time I paid attention to what the EFF had to say, they were spewing lies and propaganda about CISPA.

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Re:The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to ... by worklogin on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @11:16AM (#8624540)

That's some nice citations there, buddy. Burden of proof doesn't fall on the accused.

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Re:The USA Freedom Act: What's to Come and What You Need to ... by diminoten on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @12:13PM (#8624911)

I don't feel obligated to spend time defending my position.

If you're interested, I recommend you check out the EFF's press releases about CISPA, and then compare it to what's on Wikipedia. They just make a number of legal leaps that aren't founded in any kind of law, amounting to a fearmongering argument no more valid than screaming, "BUT FREEDOM!!!!" too loudly for anyone else to object.

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