thehpalliance:

This is serious. The CISPA bill in the US just passed the House and is on its way to Congress. It would allow the government to supersede all federal privacy laws to get any of your internet information they want.

Further reading:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/cispa-whos-for-it-whos-agai…
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57422693-281/how-cispa-would-affect-you-faq/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120426/14505718671/insanity-cispa-just-got…
http://www.businessinsider.com/cispa-is-ridiculously-hideous-and-it-just-pass…
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/04/house-passes-cispa/

Petition to stop CISPA: http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_cispa/
Call your congressman: http://grassroutes.us/cispa