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https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15100620/congress-fcc-isp-web-browsing-privacy-fire-sale
Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about "consumer choice" and "free markets," as if consumers at the mercy of their local internet monopoly are craving to have their web history quietly sold to marketers and any other third party willing to pay.
The only people who seem to want this are the people who are going to make lots of money from it. (Hint: they work for companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T.) Incidentally, these people and their companies routinely give lots of money to members of Congress.
So here [below in the article] is a list of the lawmakers who voted to betray you, and how much money they received from the telecom industry in their most recent election cycle.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Fluffeh on Monday November 27 2017, @02:53AM (6 children)
As someone who is an external observer to what is happening in the US, I have to say guys, the last eighteen months has been like a slow motion train wreck. It just keeps piling on and on - and each time another individual incident happens - like this for example - I keep thinking "That's it, it has to stop now... that's the end..." but somehow it just keeps on going and going.
Don't get me wrong, Europe has it's own mixed bag of shit-head-ery with Brexit, the German elections, Catalonia and all the usual eastern European facepalming, the Middle East is well... I don't think that is ever going to be resolved. Africa is sadly still quite full of tribal angst - but that is pretty much all one country against another - the partisan shenanigans going on in Washington really are exceptional.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Crash on Monday November 27 2017, @03:06AM (1 child)
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Monday November 27 2017, @03:46AM
Fair point. Just frustrated with the state of the world - but valid point nonetheless.
(Score: 5, Informative) by rylyeh on Monday November 27 2017, @03:12AM (1 child)
Yes. This is what the conservative 'think-tanks' have given us. Corporate/Billionaire interest have 'Trumped' the interests of the people once again.
It's going to take years to undo this. Shit. 💩
"a vast crenulate shell wherein rode the grey and awful form of primal Nodens, Lord of the Great Abyss."
(Score: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Monday November 27 2017, @11:43PM
...if it's even possible. In the case of unimaginable judicial appointments [nytimes.com] it'll require that the appointees either die or do something so egregious as to warrant impeachment. That's one of the things that worries me the most.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @04:07PM
let me guess. you think a pile of un-elected thieves in Brussels is better than elected thieves in London? if you can't control the thieves in London what makes you think more thieves, further away, that aren't elected, will be better? are you some kind of moooron? Catalonia should just keep getting used by lazy ass Spain? or be allowed to make their own grievous error, depending on your perspective? either way, why should people be forced to be ruled by someone else? slavery is slavery, whether its from a leftist central authority or a gov services corp posing as a democratic republic run by corporations.
(Score: 1) by evilcam on Tuesday November 28 2017, @02:40AM
Just remember it's the "left-wing cucks" who are ruining 'Murica...