Cyber intelligence legislation passed in House of Representatives But, at the end of the day, we have legislation that would markedly improve our country's cyber defences and enhance our citizens' safety. CISPA is reportedly endorsed by Facebook and Microsoft as well as communication giants Verizon and AT&T. But President Barack Obama's White House said the bill "lacks sufficient limitations on the sharing of personally identifiable information between private entities and does not contain adequate oversight or accountability measures necessary to ensure that the data is used only for appropriate purposes. Texas Republican Joe Barton voted no because the bill "does not protect the privacy of the individual American citizen," and erosions of such civil liberties are "a greater threat to democracy and liberty than the cyber threat is to America." Digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation said such "vaguely-worded cybersecurity bills" effectively allow companies to bypass existing law, spy on communications and pass sensitive personal data to the government. "We will not stand idly by as the basic freedoms to read and speak online without the shadow of government surveillance are endangered by such overbroad legislative proposals," said Rainey Reitman, EFF Activism Director. Members of the online "hacktivist" group took to Twitter to voice opposition to the bill. CISPA has only passed the House. The fight is still on," Anonymous said on Twitter account @youranonnews.