Google has never "backed" CIPSA. Facebook and Microsoft previously backed CISPA but then distanced themselves. See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57579012-3

Google has never "backed" CIPSA. Facebook and Microsoft previously backed CISPA but then distanced themselves. See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57579012-38/privacy-protections-booted-from-cispa-data-sharing-bill/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57579012-38/privacy-protec... Trade associations tend to remain silent when a good portion of their members oppose legislation. But Google/Facebook/Microsoft aren't opposing CISPA, last I checked. It's more like they're just remaining neutral.