After numerous online protests to protect privacy from Big Brother, the online “security” bill CISPA died as lawmakers said it wouldn’t be brought up in committee.

Of course, we should note that it’s not for care of privacy that the senators delayed the bill. As one god of ruin put it:

“Today’s action in the House is important, even if CISPA’s privacy protections are insufficient. We need action on all the elements that will strengthen our cybersecurity, not just one, and that’s what the Senate will achieve. I plan to work with Senator Thune, as well as the Chairmen and Ranking Members on other Committees of jurisdiction, to go through regular order. I believe we can gain bipartisan agreement on bills that we can report out of our Committees and allow Leader Reid to bring them to the Senate floor as early as possible. There is too much at stake – our economic and national security – for Congress to fail to act.”

In other words, the bill wasn’t intrusive enough to pass through the Senate. They want something worse.

Government officials will not rest until we are completely controlled by the nanny state, but as for now, the Internet is safe.