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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: 4, Interesting) by Murdoc on Sunday March 26 2017, @12:26AM
I'd thought it'd be simple: Take it out of federal money, each candidate gets a set amount, say $10,000. Can't run an effective ad campaign for that? Good! We don't need any more advertising. Just a web page with some relevant facts on it: your qualifications, your past voting behaviour (if any), your platform, stuff like that. None of this "I'll make America Great Again!" BS. That's what every politician says, essentially. It's a waste of time, money, and bandwidth, not to mention blatant appeal to emotion.
Of course, getting things to change to this I imagine would be nearly impossible, but that's what's needed.