U.S. Congress representative Katherine Clark recently unveiled a new federal bill. The bill aims to train law enforcers and police departments across the United States to combat Cyber-crime.
According to Engadget, Representative Kathrine Clark has launched a new federal bill called the Cybercrime Enforcement Training Assistance Act. The bill would give $20 million every year to law enforcement, including dispatchers, policemen, and prosecutors, to provide them training to solve harassment and other internet crimes..
An additional $4 million would also go toward a national set of resources. The goal is to teach cops how to investigate these crimes and deal with their repercussions for women, the LGBT community, and other groups.
In an interview with The Verge via The News Tribe, the representative stated that "The FBI... clearly told us this was not a priority for them and that was a sentiment we have found the be a theme". She also revealed that the federal grant would be used to "build the capacity of local enforcement to understand the impact of these crimes and how to best investigate them."
On the other hand, Amnesty International already partnered with AdBlock to protest against the increasing control over cyber censorship. The institution mentioned that this will be a threat in the cyber word.
The bill is also notable for directly addressing one of the most usual complaints of victims that law enforcement does not really understand the extent of harassment. While there are tools to report activity to the police, officers most often answer the victims that they should just wait until there are physical dangers like bomb threats or stalkers. A law such as CETAA could have police taking action against credible threats before they become real, as claimed by BzNews.
Meanwhile, the bill still faces arguments in the House of Representatives and Congress at large. There are no guarantees that the bill will ever become officially a law.
