Lawmakers Seek to Restore Internet Privacy After Repealing It
Source: Roll Call
Move comes after waves of consumer concerns
Posted May 26, 2017 5:02 AM
Paul Merrion
House and Senate lawmakers are hoping to push legislation to replace recently repealed Obama-era internet privacy regulations, a move by the Federal Communications Commission that has led to a tide of consumer complaints.
At least two Senate bills are being drafted to address the regulatory void and public outcry created last month when congressional Republicans repealed internet privacy rules issued by the FCC last year, using the Congressional Review Act. With the repeal, internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon can use and sell their customers online internet activity for marketing purposes unless consumers specifically request to opt out.
Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Steve Daines of Montana are working separately on legislation but may team up if their objectives align, according to a Lee spokesman.
Its an issue that needs to be addressed, said the spokesman for Lee, a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The panels chairman, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., recently called for a bipartisan legislative compromise on internet privacy and the larger internet regulatory issue of net neutrality, which treats all internet traffic equally. The FCC has also started the process to roll back net neutrality.
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)Marthe48
(16,688 posts)Washington D.C. would be a great place for a knowledgeable Democratic government to operate.
BumRushDaShow
(127,260 posts)So they spent 8 years attacking the black guy in office in order to enact EVERYTHING that would be the OPPOSITE of what he did and now they are figuring out how fucked they are with that strategy?
packman
(16,296 posts)Lord knows what one would find on their browsing history if hacked.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,496 posts)Likely they want to rewrite it to leave their preferred backdoors open so they can invade privacy in the manner they want.
Okay, that looks worse typed out than it sounded in my head.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,773 posts)aggiesal
(8,863 posts)Wonder what that would tell us?
Or, maybe someone already has, and they're trying to fix the problem
before all GOP Rep's that voted for this, have their browsing history exposed.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)aggiesal
(8,863 posts)the ISP's are not a government entity, they are a private business.
They'd have to be hacked.
dalton99a
(81,062 posts)dreamland
(964 posts)They got rid of it just because it contained Obama's signature. Now they can claim credit for it. Voters have short memories, and would never know it was there. This is happening with many pieces of executive legislations.