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Library Association Opposes CISA

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

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Library Association Opposes CISA

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The American Library Association (ALA) urged senators to oppose the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA, S. 754), the organization said in a statement Wednesday.The ALA is concerned CISA will both not be effective in countering cyberattacks and grant new broad data collection powers to federal, state, and local government agencies.Sari Feldman, president of the ALA, pressed members of the Senate to join with Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).“When librarians oppose a bill…

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