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• FBI calls for new wiretap law covering social media

  Terrorist recruiters are increasingly turning to social networking tools to gain new converts

• House passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill

  The new bill will be combined with another one that privacy groups have questioned

• New cyberthreat information sharing bill may be more friendly to privacy

  The new bill still allows companies to share some unnecessary personal information with government agencies, a critic says

• Groups pressure US lawmakers with NSA surveillance scorecard

  Dozens of lawmakers get F's for NSA reform in scorecard by EFF, Free Press and other groups

• Obama signs cybersecurity order

  The executive order asks agencies to explore whether they can require companies to adopt security standards