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• Groups urge Obama to oppose cyberthreat sharing bills

  They say the Senate's CISA cyberthreat information sharing bill would allow businesses to share too much information

• Critics blast US NSA phone records bill as 'fake reform'

  Even some supporters say the USA Freedom Act should be only one step toward surveillance reform

• House passes second cyberthreat information-sharing bill

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

• Congress moves forward on cyberthreat sharing bill despite privacy concerns

  The House may vote this week on a bill that would allow shared cybertheat information to be passed to the NSA and law enforcement agencies

• Data breach notification bill could weaken consumer protections

  A House committee approves the legislation despite criticism from digital rights and consumer groups

• 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

Features about New America Foundation

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate