Mileage Psycho Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Obama tried to protect us, these motherfuckers have chosen to fuck us. Quote House pulls the plug on internet privacy rules Broadband providers won't have to get your permission before sharing your web browsing history and other personal data with marketers thanks to a vote today on Capitol Hill. Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday followed their colleagues in the Senate with a vote to approve a resolution that uses the Congressional Review Act to prevent privacy rules passed by the Federal Communications Commission last year from taking effect. The vote was 231 in favor of the resolution and 189 opposing the measure. The Senate voted on Thursday to adopt the resolution to nullify the rules. All that's left now is for President Trump to sign the order. This will essentially repeal the Obama-era regulation passed in October days before Trump was elected. These rules would have required broadband companies to get their customers' permission before they sell "sensitive" information about their web browsing activity, app usage or whereabouts to marketers. The Congressional Review Act also prohibits the FCC from adopting similar rules in the future. Why should you care? Proponents of the rules, like consumer advocacy groups, say this is bad news for consumers because the rules protect your privacy. Without these regulations, these groups say that broadband providers will be able to sell information about where you've been online, what you're buying, the apps you're using, and where you're located to marketers and other third parties, like insurance companies. "ISPs like Comcast, AT&T, and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission -- and no one will be able to protect you," Gigi Sohn, an advisor to former FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, who championed the rules, wrote in an op-ed on Tuesday. Meanwhile, internet service providers say the regulations are too strict and unfairly single out broadband providers, because they require broadband companies to adhere to a more stringent privacy requirement than internet companies must follow. They say the rules are burdensome and will stifle competition, driving up prices. "The FCC's flawed broadband privacy rules will have a chilling effect on internet innovation and competition," said Gary Shapiro head of the Consumer Technology Association. Instead, these groups say that broadband companies should follow the same privacy guidelines as internet companies, like Facebook and Google. They follow rules established by the Federal Trade Communication, which only requires companies offer consumers the opportunity to opt out of such data sharing. Industry groups argue having two sets of rules gives internet companies a competitive leg up. For broadband companies the stakes are high. These companies are looking to expand their businesses and offer marketers more targeted advertising, and they want to use the personal information they collect from their customers to do it. The nation's largest broadband companies -- AT&T, Comcast and Verizon -- have each made acquisitions in an effort to build their digital content holdings, making them not only the companies that provide a broadband pipe into your home, but also companies whose own content rides that network. The vote, which has been highly politicized, fell along party lines. It's part of a GOP effort to eliminate several regulations issued during Obama's final months in office. And it comes just days after Trump's plan to repeal and replace "Obamacare" failed. President Trump has already signed several resolutions under the Congressional Review Act to repeal regulations, including two related to education and one concerning the environment. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who voted against the rules when he was a commissioner before being appointed as chairman in January, had already put the brakes on the rollout of the rules. In February, the FCC voted to hold off implementing the rules until challenges to the rules could be assessed. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-pulls-the-plug-on-internet-privacy-rules/ar-BByYPFA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 why did it take Obama 8 years to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 4 minutes ago, f7ben said: why did it take Obama 8 years to do this? Just another little hypocritical land mine him and his shitty little administration tried to leave behind. His administration was busy as hell the last 60 days. Disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, Zambroski said: Just another little hypocritical land mine him and his shitty little administration tried to leave behind. His administration was busy as hell the last 60 days. Disgusting. yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamgreen02 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Terrible move by the Republicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Not according to some here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f7ben Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'm sure there is much more to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 9 hours ago, f7ben said: why did it take Obama 8 years to do this? The man did something to protect your privacy, now the Republicans in the House have voted to shoot it down, that's the story, grin and bear it........who cares about your porn habits, and now you will be targeted with more porn ads, or worse yet we will all be targeted for a shit fetish for frequenting a site Momo lives at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 This and the "no dumping coal dust into rivers" both passed as the door hit him in the ass on the way out. And you don't wonder why? What fucking tards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 16 minutes ago, JEFF said: This and the "no dumping coal dust into rivers" both passed as the door hit him in the ass on the way out. And you don't wonder why? What fucking tards Yep. A shitty little administration doing its last little shitty deeds to try and faulter the next administration. That's all this shit is and nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) The party of no controlling the mind of no Edited March 29, 2017 by Mainecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Republicans are going to repeal all of our rights without actually amending the Constitution. Just make illegal to do anything... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Ask yourselves why is was an 11'th hour executive order by Obama in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 22 minutes ago, Anler said: Republicans are going to repeal all of our rights without actually amending the Constitution. Just make illegal to do anything... Get that water checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 23 minutes ago, Zambroski said: Get that water checked. It's already happening bro. I only drink beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 so google and microsoft scrubbing your data to sell you shit good, comcast doing so as the actual provider of the internet bad Did i miss anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 How about he release his tax returns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, Mainecat said: How about he release his tax returns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmo Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Mainecat said: How about he release his tax returns? The election is over in case you hadn't noticed. Why would he do it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted March 29, 2017 Gold Member Share Posted March 29, 2017 6 hours ago, Mainecat said: How about he release his tax returns? He did. He gave a year to Maddow and she reported on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 25 minutes ago, BOHICA said: He did. He gave a year to Maddow and she reported on it MC forgot already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Zambroski said: MC forgot already. Maybe MC is on to something... Trumps 1040 that mad cow so graciously presented to the country proved Trump was paying 25% in taxes. What kind of billionaire pays 25%?? He must REALLY like the communist system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Just now, JEFF said: Maybe MC is on to something... Trumps 1040 that mad cow so graciously presented to the country proved Trump was paying 25% in taxes. What kind of billionaire pays 25%?? He must REALLY like the communist system? She's a complete idiot. COMPLETE. And it speaks volumes for her liberal followers. Her shows play out like kindergarten fairy tales for those looking for others to blame. I woke my wife up laughing at her on a late night re-play of her idiocy. I thought of Vince, SR, Spinner, RevKev, Slinger and the other fops on here gathered around their TV's, taking notes and hanging on every word. "Now we've got Trump red-handed!!!!" "The RUSSIANS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEFF Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Yup. Pretty much what I thought too. A real "gotcha" moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mileage Psycho Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 12 hours ago, JEFF said: Ask yourselves why is was an 11'th hour executive order by Obama in the first place. Because they expected the worst. Those who have rode with me know that I always say; "plan for the worst, hope for the best" Thank you for asking that question Jeffery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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