>> i would say there was, among the browser companies, like microsoft and mozilla and apple, there was a lot of support for it. there continues to be. again, there are a few -- >> i'm asking about the timing question. am i wrong -- >> yes, very supportive early on and we think they've made progress since. >> that's not the question. they came out in support right after your two reports came out? >> yes. yes. some of them also came out after the -- more after the report, that is correct. >> yes. >> yes, sir. >> commissioner? >> so to -- >> so on breaking the internet. >> yes. i figured we were. i think that's an important issue, and one that some commenters have raised concerns about, and i think in the debate you get a wide array of views. and people express great concerns about that and other people have great concerns about consumer privacy and i think the ftc tried to strike the balance of meeting consumer expectations. if consumers have protection and expect protections about their financial information and their medical information, i think the ftc has done a good job in bringing

mozilla told forbes magazine that quote suspect has a broad and alarming rates that goes far beyond internet security the bill infringes on our privacy includes vague definitions of cybersecurity and grants immunity to the companies and governments that are too broad around information misuse i should also say the c.e.o. of cheeseburger put it simply in an interview with pro publica they simply said this but it's so close cousin who works for the cia but i'm wondering david why are more people not coming out against sissified already passed like we said in the house last week the senate is working on their version and we're not hearing quite as much criticism of it. well christine the big reason why you're not hearing more criticism is that most americans i talk to don't even know about this bill when you turn on the news at night i mean thankfully archie america is all over this and there are a handful of other networks that are covering it but the vast majority of news networks that americans turn to and even large news websites just are not mentioning system. and unfortunately it

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so, for example, if you want to go online -- so mozilla and i believe google and possibly even microsoft offer browsers where you can go incognito. that's a sort of interesting way for consumers if they want to, and if they're aware, to use a tool that empowers them. i think the best companies generally are better about empowering consumers, giving them more tools and more information, but in some instances, consumers just aren't aware. and they're partly not aware -- this goes back to actually senator toomey's point. we all would like to see more competition for privacy, but when you have privacy policies that are, you know, on the mobile space that are dozens of clicks away, to read through, it's just -- it's hard to have competition without sort of transparency, understanding what those -- understanding what your tools might be and what your options are. and so -- and i'd also say this -- some companies give better protections in the teen space. something you're concerned about. others don't. we've encouraged company, again, we don't regulate. this is not a regulation. we don't regula

products out there that started out as open source products and some of them still are you know firefox mozilla whatnot. operating systems many of them however end up being commodified monetized and owned once they have some value do you see that kind of arc happening yet or at all with open source education. it's so interesting that you ask that there's actually a maelstrom of controversy right now because the blackboard which is the kind of microsoft of the learning systems world they you know they sell software to the vast majority of colleges and universities in the country that use some kind of online learning and just for a regular in person class but they'll be the place where you post the assignments on the worksheets blackboard has purchased one of the largest open source turn it is and they've been attempting to sort of co-opt the whole idea of having open source learning pearson education which is also one of the largest textbook companies has launched its own learning service that they actually you know they label it with the term open even though it's not actually open source so yo

the awareness ultimately stopping that legislation from becoming law and the now that we know where mozilla stands we're hoping that this will continue the trend of tech companies actually calling for a new less invasive cyber security bill so it does look like pressure works so keep it on. now yesterday we saw the occupy movement use mayday as a catalyst for another nationwide dave action the turnout wasn't as large as the demonstrations we saw last fall but it was sizable and relatively peaceful in comparison overall there were about sixty six people arrested nationwide yesterday but as often happens most of the media coverage that was given these actions focused on the negatives clashes with police and in some cases vandalism. yesterday may day we saw protests that turned violent in seattle after anti wall street protesters smashed the windows of banks and stores in san francisco about two hundred people took over the building owned by the catholic archdiocese there yesterday during may day protests two of the protesters on adjacent rooftops lobbed in bricks of a line of police officers.

the social media giant is adopting the do-not-track feature of mozilla's firefox browser. the feature prevents websites from using cookies to track your personal information and online movements. to opt into the service on twitter, you must select the do not track feature within the firefox browser. >>> coming up at 4:00, street magic robbers. where police are looking for a hypnotist, who convinces victims to hand over their cash. >>> a ton of tsunami debris, floating towards u.s. shores. the health worries coming up. >>> and it's friday. what kind of weather can we expect this weekend? don't miss tim's updated first warning forecast. wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on week.com -- wjz.com, instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back to wjz eyewitness news. i'm mary bubala, reporting live in thurmont, maryland, frederick county. the site of the g-8 summit in camp david. you know, for any big event you want the weather to cooperate. and boy, did president obama get lucky. we're hearing some helicopters above us