Apple, Google and Twitter among 22 tech companies opposing Cisa bill

Many of the world's top technology companies are against cybersecurity plans before US Senate on privacy grounds, according to a new poll

Twenty-two of the world's top technology companies are firmly against the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Cisa) now on the floor of the Senate, according to a new poll by internet activists Fight for the Future.

The poll lists Apple, Google, Twitter and Wikipedia as opposing the legislation while Comcast, HP, Cisco and Verizon are among the 12 companies who back or have remained silent on the bill. Cisa is aimed at tightening online security but has been criticised as infringing on civil liberties and privacy.