Earlier this week, the US House of Representatives
voted to pass the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which is supposed to be designed to make it easier for businesses to share information about possible cyber attacks and threats with each other as well as the US government.
Critics have said CISPA, if signed into law, is too broadly written and could be used by businesses to spy on Internet users.
One of the key differences between CISPA and the previous (and now seemingly defunct) SOPA/PIPA bills is that CISPA had support from a number of tech companies, including Microsoft.
Now News.com reports that Microsoft could be backing away from that stance.
