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Full of confidence in Ajit Pai – the new boss at the FCC, America's communications watchdog – groups representing US telcos are seeking a repeal of the regulator's privacy rules.
Citing the appointment of Pai and the imminent decision to roll back the previous administration's net neutrality protections, industry groups now hope that the little requirement for an opt-in for the collection of user data will be frozen, if not done away with completely.
[...] "For over twenty years, ISPs have protected their consumers' data with the strongest pro-consumer policies in the internet ecosystem," the group writes.
"ISPs know the success of any digital business depends on earning their customers' trust on privacy."
Source: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/31/net_neutrality_dead_privacy_next/
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bradley13 on Thursday February 02 2017, @07:12AM
I have no idea what will happen with the FCC. However, the articles from The Register look like they were written by junior-high students working for the school newspaper.
Take the Register's article about the appointment of Pai as commissioner [theregister.co.uk]: It start's out by making fun of the guy's name in the headline. THey call Trump "President Snowflake". Because Pai references a speech by Jefferson, he is suddenly claiming to be Jefferson. Joe-random-blogger does a better job of hiding his bias.
If this is what passes for journalism at The Register, I'll be glad to give it a miss in the future.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 4, Informative) by aristarchus on Thursday February 02 2017, @09:14AM
If this is what passes for journalism at The Register, I'll be glad to give it a miss in the future.
Go ahead, Bradley12! But to my eye, the Register's coverage seemed a bit understated, almost like they held back, because they were afraid of what the Trump Whitehouse might do to them. Same with many other journalists of late, including Reuters. And as for Pai, we cannot mock too much such an asskisser who wants to take away the rights of everyone on the planet. Do you know what we used to call such persons? Yes, "Dicks", as in "Pai Dicks". So good luck with your new policy of avoiding actual news and only listening to what comes out of Trump's Spicer and Faux Neues!
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday February 02 2017, @03:20PM
" But to my eye, the Register's coverage seemed a bit understated, almost like they held back, because they were afraid of what the Trump Whitehouse might do to them."
I didn't RTFA because I gave up on "El Reg" years ago, but understated? The only thing understated I ever saw there was when they left out important information to sensationalize a sensational story.
And why would they fear Trump? They're British! Trump can't touch them.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 02 2017, @04:50PM
> The only thing understated I ever saw there
Wooosh!
Let me clue you in, he was making the point that Idjit Pai is so crazy hungry for telco cock that even the reg's crazy hyperbole is insufficient to describe him.
(Score: 3, Funny) by FatPhil on Thursday February 02 2017, @09:20AM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 02 2017, @01:37PM
Ah thanks. I always thought the rectangular thing on the right of my monitor was the PC. ;-)
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday February 02 2017, @02:48PM
"El Reg" has a seriously bad habit of making unsensational stories sensational by leaving out important information. It is not a serious news source.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday February 02 2017, @11:02PM
The leading contender for the French presidential election is in deep trouble, after a newspaper with a very register-like tone unearthed some quite unpleasant facts about his wife, kids, and consulting company (hundreds of thousands in shady/illegal income).
That newspaper already has quite an impressive list of trophies on its wall.
Sometimes it's a good thing to overlook the writing style and focus on the substance.