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1 of 1- Just Fred
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What the Hell is This?
Geez-o-man, Trump better kill this. Somebody must have spent wads of money buying senators and congress members to get this through the House and Senate.
Sen. Chuck Schumer urged President Trump to veto a congressional resolution that would let internet providers collect and sell users’ personal information.
Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate minority leader, said Trump should kill the measure, passed by both the House and Senate, which would roll back privacy rules issued by the Federal Communications Commission last fall.
“If President Trump clicks his pen and signs this resolution, consumers will be stripped of critical privacy protections in a New York minute,” Schumer said. “Signing this rollback into law would mean private data from our laptops, iPads and even our cellphones would be fair game for internet companies to sell and make a fast buck.”
Schumer and 45 other Senate Democrats signed a letter to the President asking him to veto the resolution.
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Re: What the Hell is This?
Trump won't veto this resolution. Remember, part of his so-called 'drain the swamp' strategy is to gut government regulations that stifle free market enterprise. Regardless of the fact that enabling the passage of this resolution will create a huge intrusion into the personal lives of citizens . . . even though our elected officials continually tell us "what the American people want" . . . too bad they aren't really listening to us.
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Re: What the Hell is This?
Well, he did it. Rongone was right:
President Trump signed legislation Monday night that repeals the Federal Communications Commission's privacy protections for Internet users, rolling back a landmark policy from the Obama era and enabling Internet providers to compete with Google and Facebook in the online ad market.
The Obama-backed rules — which would have taken effect later this year — would have banned Internet providers from collecting, storing, sharing and selling certain types of customer information without those customers’ consent. Data such as a person’s Web browsing history, app usage history and location details would have required a customer's explicit permission before companies such as Verizon and Comcast could mine the information for advertising purposes.
Evan Greer, campaign director for the Internet activism group Fight for the Future, condemned the move, saying it was "deeply ironic" for Trump to sign the legislation while complaining about the privacy of his own communications in connection with the FBI's investigation into his campaign's possible links with Russia.
"The only people in the United States who want less Internet privacy are CEOs and lobbyists for giant telecom companies, who want to rake in money by spying on all of us and selling the private details of our lives to marketing companies," Greer said.
Last edited by Just Fred (4/05/2017 10:37 am)
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