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posted by Fnord666 on Monday November 27 2017, @02:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the which-did-you-vote-for dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @05:54AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @05:54AM (#601956)

    That's not real libertarianism.

    Shhh! Do not wake the LibertariaSheeple! Once the realize how badly they have be used, and see who's dick is up their butt, well, that is more than any human should have to bear. I say, let them sleep, with dreams of a libertarian paradise like Somalia, or Vermont. Some where where your neighbor can blind-side tackle you because you mowed going the wrong way, and spewed grass clippings on another free and sovereign individual's lawn. If only it had been Somalia. Lawn disputes are very quickly settled there, as most mowers are not hardened against RPGs. Poor Libertardtarians.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @08:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @08:08PM (#602150)

    You're just jealous because the Invisible Hand in Libertardtaria has provided low-cost RPG-resistant mowers!

    The Invisible Hand is still working on the problem of tactical nuke-resistant mowers.