On 4/14, Alex Fitzpatrick wrote for Mashable on CISPA.  According to the article, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee released a new draft of the legislation that "narrow[s] the definition of 'cybersecurity threat.'"

Notably, the new draft dropped mention of "intellectual property."  In the minds of CISPA critics, the reference to IP made CISPA sound too similar to SOPA. 

Moreover, the article explained that the new draft prevents the federal government from "affirmatively searching any data shared with it by private firms . . . unless the purpose for the search is for protecting 'national security . . . .'"  These amendments were made in order to calm CISPA's critics.

You can find the Mashable source article here.  You can find the CISPA updated draft here.

On 4/14, Alex Fitzpatrick wrote for Mashable on CISPA.  According to the article, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee released a new draft of the legislation that "narrow[s] the definition of 'cybersecurity threat.'"

Notably, the new draft dropped mention of "intellectual property."  In the minds of CISPA critics, the reference to IP made CISPA sound too similar to SOPA. 

Moreover, the article explained that the new draft prevents the federal government from "affirmatively searching any data shared with it by private firms . . . unless the purpose for the search is for protecting 'national security . . . .'"  These amendments were made in order to calm CISPA's critics.

You can find the Mashable source article here.  You can find the CISPA updated draft here.