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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.
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Senate Votes Against FCC Internet Privacy Rules
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2017, @09:39PM (1 child)
> meaning (for example) that no ISP would have a guaranteed monopoly anywhere.
Guaranteed monopolies for ISPs have been illegal for decades.
The 1992 Cable Act [niu.edu] made it illegal for municipalities to grant exclusive franchises or even to enable de-facto exclusive franchises by unreasonably with-holding franchise agreements from any company that meets the established requirements.
That hasn't stopped natural monopolies from forming due to the large investment required to build out a cable plant. But its not the government doing it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 25 2017, @11:24PM
"Alternative facts" aka truth smackdown!
The mythical "free market" is just as likely to occur as the mythical "communist utopia". In both cases humans corrupt the system instead of following the idealistic rules that would make the world better for everyone.