Senate Republicans Vote To Overturn Internet Privacy Protections

[Miles Archer]

Senate Republicans Vote To Overturn Internet Privacy Protections

The vote was a victory for internet providers such as AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc, which had strongly opposed the rules.

David Shepardson

POLITICS 03/23/2017 06:06 pm ET

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-vote-to-overturn-internet-privacy-protections_us_58d4436ae4b03787d3569a59?



The vote was along party lines, with 50 Republicans approving the measure and 48 Democrats rejecting it. The two remaining Republicans in the Senate were absent and did not cast a vote.

According to the rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission in October under then-President Barack Obama, internet providers would need to obtain consumer consent before using precise geolocation, financial information, health information, children’s information and web browsing history for advertising and internal marketing.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate was overturning a regulation that “makes the internet an uneven playing field, increases complexity, discourages competition, innovation, and infrastructure investment.”

But Democratic Senator Ed Markey said, “Republicans have just made it easier for American’s sensitive information about their health, finances and families to be used, shared, and sold to the highest bidder without their permission.”

[Cha]

1. yep.. assholes want to kill all of President Obama's Legacies.

[Jonny Appleseed]

2. Okay, why aren't democrats blasting this on all airwaves?

"REPUBLICANS WANT TO RECORD WHAT PORN SITES YOU'VE BEEN TO AND SELL THAT INFORMATION"
Guaranteed there'd be no republicans left by 2018. Deplorables would chase em out with pitchforks and torches.