The House just voted to wipe out the FCCs landmark Internet privacy protections
Source: Washington Post
House Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, by a margin of 215-205, to repeal a set of landmark privacy protections for Web users, issuing a sweeping rebuke of Internet policies enacted under the Obama administration. It also marks a sharp, partisan pivot toward letting Internet providers collect and sell their customers' Web browsing history, location information, health data and other personal details.
The measure, which was approved by a 50-48 margin in the Senate last week, now heads to the White House, where President Trump is expected to sign it.
Congress's joint resolution empowers Internet providers to enter the $83 billion market for online advertising now dominated by Google and Facebook. It is likely to lend momentum to a broader GOP rollback of Obama-era technology policies, and calls into question the fate of other tech regulations such as net neutrality, which was approved in 2015 over strident Republican objections and bans Internet providers from discriminating against websites. And it is a sign that companies such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon will be treated more permissively at a time when conservatives control all three branches of government.
Supporters of Tuesday's repeal vote argued the privacy regulations, written by the Federal Communications Commission, stifle innovation by forcing Internet providers to abide by unreasonably strict guidelines.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/03/28/the-house-just-voted-to-wipe-out-the-fccs-landmark-internet-privacy-protections/
Matthew28
(1,797 posts)to profit off of to the goddamn republican party.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Eom
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)the editor screwed up when updating the total.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028864255
I notice there are 9 congressional votes missing, that were not yea, nay, present, or non-voting. Interesting.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)And they (Republicans) did
JCanete
(5,272 posts)groundloop
(11,518 posts)Right now would be a good time for anonymous to publish health related information of key congress-critters and their families who voted for this bullshit bill. Give them a taste of their own medicine. I'm sorry but I don't like being spied on, whether it's by the government, google, or my ISP. My health information, the websites I chose to visit, and what I purchase is my owned damned business and nobody elses.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)I think it's really all about certain folks being able capture a targets browsing history and other identifying information. No warrant needed. Just a checkbook.
To do with what they will.
Worktodo
(288 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)Wrote my representative and everything.
They_Live
(3,231 posts)Extortion, blackmail, and even more corruption. Thanks, assholes.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)They WOULD sell off everyone's grand mother if they could get away with it.
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Trickledown economics ? The more money they make by selling your personal information will make the internet cheaper ? How do we the people benefit from this ? Oh damn , I forgot , corporations are people too.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,999 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,999 posts)MarcA
(2,195 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)onenote
(42,700 posts)onenote
(42,700 posts)Technically it's a resolution, not a law. It is governed by an expedited procedure that differs from that applicable to ordinary legislation.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Some are better than others--I know a few people who use tunnelbear, and of course there's HOLA, but I'm sure I'm not the only one interested in hearing the experiences of others with regard to reliability and speed. And cost, of course~.....
blaze
(6,359 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Can someone start it that knows something about them?
ThingsGottaChange
(1,200 posts)I definitely want to use VPN but, don't know a whole lot about it. Some are better than others. If we can get recommendations from the pros at Computer & Internet, that would be a huge help. Need to know which have the best bang for the bucks.
elmac
(4,642 posts)onenote
(42,700 posts)And even if the House had not passed the resolution, they would have stayed blocked, so i'm pretty sure the market already had taken that into account.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)you can, however, disconnect the service. That's the only recourse at this point.
dawn frenzy adams
(429 posts)AJIT PAI
We can thank Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the FCC, who has never met a corporate power he didn't like. He hates Net Neutrality. That will be the next shoe to drop. You better get ready for the fight for the Internet to remain free.
Alt-Orange
(94 posts)So even if it's just the bigger, greedy ISP that sell your data off I'm still going to call up mine and ask them about it. And if possible ask to opt-out.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,412 posts)MontanaMama
(23,307 posts)that their internet history and info is now for sale too. This was a big loss.
Anybody know about the opt out procedures?
PuppyBismark
(594 posts)How did the veto disappear? We really need to get the Senate back. If the Dems don't return to control of the Senate in two years, we are sunk. (OK, we're sunk now anyway.)
mdbl
(4,973 posts)think he'll use it?
amerikat
(4,909 posts)Yea...50 votes all R's
Nay...48 votes 46 D's and 2 Ind.
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,[a] against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.[2]
BadgerKid
(4,551 posts)Because the 4th seems to address physical personal property.
I could see where ISPs might try to charge a higher rate for users who want to opt out of being tracked.
GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)..."Republicans" - who are now nothing more or less than neo-fascist thugs - are the most corrupt, crooked, foul stinking bastards to ever occupy positions of power I have ever seen, going back to before Nixon.
My hatred of these political cockroaches knows no bounds.
I hope all 215 of them eventually - and slowly - die from particularly nasty and painful forms of bowel cancer.
I know that's pretty harsh but FUCK EM ALL, they deserve such a fate!
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)But hey, the important thing was just making sure Hillary lost, and everything else after that was gravy, amirite?
So where the fuck are Timm and Greenwald and all the rest?? If Obama was still in office they'd be marching on Washington by now...
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Deep down in your hearts, is this what you really voted for? Did you really feel that sorry for the poor, oppressed internet service providers who are barely breaking even that you wanted them to be able to freely sell our data??
Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)Unless your isp isn't one of those known for this kind of practice. (But still better to err on the side of caution.)
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,338 posts)I don't want to bounce off servers in Russia and North Korea, but how does browsing history, form-filling values, etc, get hidden from the ISPs?