From “Protecting Cyberspace” to “Internet Freedom”
Many portions of the revised bill, also sponsored by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), are generally uncontroversial, dealing with topics such as boosting the federal government’s information security, recruiting federal “cybersecurity personnel,” and funding research into secure versions of Internet protocols. (The bill previously was called the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act; as part of its makeover it’s been renamed the “Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act.”)