US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your in

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Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecoms from selling your internet history and app data usage to third parties. S.J.Res 34 was first introduced by 23 Republican Senators earlier this month and its blitz approval is a giant blow to privacy rights in the United States.

The resolution, which is now effectively half passed, will hand responsibility of broadband privacy regulation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and disallow the FCC from making any rules protecting Internet privacy ever again."

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history | Privacy Online News

I LOVE those Reublicans.....SO on the side of privacy......

 

[mdk]

I sent several letters to Senator Toomey over this issue and unsurprisingly he voted in favor of S.J. Res 34.

Pricks.

 

[TNHarley]

Ironically, That website threw up a warning and its certificate not being trusted! LOL

 

[TNHarley]

Can someone tell me what their reasoning was for this?

 

[JakeStarkey]

Bad, sad day.

 

[pwjohn]

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Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecoms from selling your internet history and app data usage to third parties. S.J.Res 34 was first introduced by 23 Republican Senators earlier this month and its blitz approval is a giant blow to privacy rights in the United States.

The resolution, which is now effectively half passed, will hand responsibility of broadband privacy regulation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and disallow the FCC from making any rules protecting Internet privacy ever again."

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history | Privacy Online News

I LOVE those Reublicans.....SO on the side of privacy......

A bunch of god dam motherfucking whores.

 

[danielpalos]

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Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecoms from selling your internet history and app data usage to third parties. S.J.Res 34 was first introduced by 23 Republican Senators earlier this month and its blitz approval is a giant blow to privacy rights in the United States.

The resolution, which is now effectively half passed, will hand responsibility of broadband privacy regulation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and disallow the FCC from making any rules protecting Internet privacy ever again."

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history | Privacy Online News

I LOVE those Reublicans.....SO on the side of privacy......

Should we insist on a warrant, for even the "littlest thing"?

 

[frigidweirdo]

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Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecoms from selling your internet history and app data usage to third parties. S.J.Res 34 was first introduced by 23 Republican Senators earlier this month and its blitz approval is a giant blow to privacy rights in the United States.

The resolution, which is now effectively half passed, will hand responsibility of broadband privacy regulation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and disallow the FCC from making any rules protecting Internet privacy ever again."

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history | Privacy Online News

I LOVE those Reublicans.....SO on the side of privacy......

Selling the US off to the highest bidder one day at a time. Democracy... fuck no, we sold that off yesterday...

 

[Preacher]

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Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecoms from selling your internet history and app data usage to third parties. S.J.Res 34 was first introduced by 23 Republican Senators earlier this month and its blitz approval is a giant blow to privacy rights in the United States.

The resolution, which is now effectively half passed, will hand responsibility of broadband privacy regulation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and disallow the FCC from making any rules protecting Internet privacy ever again."

US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history | Privacy Online News

I LOVE those Reublicans.....SO on the side of privacy......

Anything for the almighty dollar....disgusting.

 

[RDD_1210]

Can someone tell me what their reasoning was for this?

Our politicians are bought and paid for by big business.

 

[RDD_1210]

If this doesn't signal that money and lobbyists are running our government, I don't know what does.

 

[StevenC]

You people do know that the rule never went into effect right? It is not supposed to go into effect until December..

 

[martybegan]

Can someone tell me what their reasoning was for this?

Some attempt and explaining:

Pai feels the privacy rules unfairly target ISPs and give internet companies like Google and Facebook the ability to harvest more consumer data and dominate digital advertising. Google and Facebook are by far the two biggest players in the digital ad industry.

Websites like Google and Facebook are still regulated by the FTC's looser guidelines and thus are not forced to obtain opt-in consent before they collect and sell your web-browsing and app-usage data. This is partly why you may see ads personalized to your browsing history when you browse the web.

ISPs aren't happy about this discrepancy, and they have petitioned the FCC to roll back the rules entirely. Telecom industry groups have said keeping the rules could limit ISPs' ability to provide otherwise free or low-cost services. The wireless-industry trade group CTIA also argued in a note to the FCC last week that web-browsing and app-usage history were not "sensitive" information.

The debate comes at a time when ISPs like Verizon are increasingly interested in boosting their digital advertising presence.

Even though internet companies are not covered here, they have also opposed the regulations, mainly because they do not want a precedent to be set that may apply to their data-collection policies in the future. Groups representing Google, Facebook, and the like urged Congress to repeal the privacy rules using the CRA this past January.

Senate Republicans just voted to give internet providers the green light to sell your web-browsing data without your consent

This looks like a pissing match between the hardware people and their regulators (FCC) and the software people and their regulators (FTC)

There will still be rules in place covering both.