The Senate just voted to undo landmark rules covering your Internet privacy
U.S. senators voted 50 to 48 to approve a joint resolution from Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission's privacy rules from going into effect. The resolution also would bar the FCC from ever enacting similar consumer protections. It now heads to the House.
takyon: Also at NPR, The Hill, Reuters, Ars Technica, and EFF.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday March 25 2017, @08:06PM (6 children)
They never went into effect, so it's business as usual.
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(Score: 4, Touché) by moondoctor on Saturday March 25 2017, @09:00PM
Yep, and that's the problem.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by youngatheart on Saturday March 25 2017, @11:55PM (4 children)
I agree that it's a travesty that the vote went the way it did (and these people "represent" me?!) However, I think everything I've seen in the media acts like something changed. It didn't change. ISPs could do it before, and they continue being able to do it now. All the headlines make it sound like ISPs were suddenly given the right to abuse their position, but in reality, ISPs were given the right to do what they were already doing and have been doing all along.
Does it make you mad? It should. But while you're decrying the problem, just make sure you complain about reality, not fiction.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @12:59AM (1 child)
Something did change.
The right for ISPs to abuse us was given back.
It doesn't matter that it was taken away a few months or 10 years ago.
What matters is we finally took it away and these assholes gave it back.
Do you think that if slavery were re-instated 3 months after the end of the civil war, everybody would say "No biggee, nothing really changed?"
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @06:49PM
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 26 2017, @07:39PM (1 child)
Y'know what I hate?
Articles that "report" on a piece of legislation AND DON'T MENTION THE GODDAMNED TRACKING NUMBER.
The item here is Senate Joint Resolution 34 for the 115th Congress.
Knowing THAT, you can find out -specifically- who voted which way.
S.J. Res 34 voting results [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [votesmart.org]
Note how the vote is along strict party lines.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @09:27PM
The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them [theverge.com]
Note that it costs as little as $500 to buy a vote these days ($1000 in the senate).
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