Mozilla breaks ranks with Silicon Valley, comes out against CISPA

Mozilla, a nonprofit foundation that makes the popular Firefox Web browser, has come out against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), citing concerns over privacy. The announcement puts Mozilla on the opposite side of the issue from many Silicon Valley heavyweights, including Facebook, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Symantec. Trade associations TechAmerica and the Information Technology Industry Council also back the bill. "While we wholeheartedly support a more secure Internet, CISPA has a broad and alarming reach that goes far beyond Internet security," Alex Fowler, head of Mozilla's global privacy and public policy team, said in a statement. "The bill infringes on our privacy, includes vague definitions of cybersecurity and grants immunities to companies and government that are too broad around information misuse. We hope the Senate takes the time to fully and openly consider these issues with stakeholder input before moving forward with this legislation."