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Apr 5 2017 12:07am
it appears the republicans have repealed excessive regulations on isps

it's expected that this could lead to your browsing history being sold in order to allow people to market their products to you more effectively, personally i think it's good the gop is always looking out for the little guy

imagine how awesome it'd be if insurance companies knew you were looking up cancer treatment :o

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/01/trump-plans-to-sign-repeal-of-obama-era-broadband-rules/
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Republicans in Congress revoked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) privacy rule against strong opposition from Democrats who regard the rule as essential for consumer privacy. Conservatives call the law duplicitous and unnecessary. Republicans and telecom industry groups argue that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), not the FCC, traditionally protected consumer privacy.

The privacy bill would repeal regulations adopted in October by the FCC under the Obama administration. The regulation required internet services providers (ISPs) to protect consumer data more stringently than content providers such as Google and Facebook. The FCC required internet providers to obtain consumer consent before using location data, financial information, health, information, and web history for advertising.
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Apr 5 2017 05:59am
i expected this for so long that now it's finally happened i just don't feel anything.

Quote (duffman316 @ Apr 5 2017 01:07am)
imagine how awesome it'd be if insurance companies knew you were looking up cancer treatment :o


Good thing my will to live isn't strong enough to do anything but lie in my bed until i die if i got diagnosed with that
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Apr 5 2017 07:03am
So now not only will the government collect meta data on millions of Americans but ISPs and if net neutrality goes away. The corporations can choose to do whatever they want with your internet history/data.
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Apr 5 2017 08:06am
Trump wants to punish google'd abortions
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Apr 5 2017 08:16am
Assuming they didn't do it when it was illegal

This post was edited by Tuna_BeIIy on Apr 5 2017 08:16am
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Apr 5 2017 10:16am
Quote (duffman316 @ Apr 4 2017 10:07pm)
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imagine how awesome it'd be if insurance companies knew you were looking up cancer treatment


They could already get it from Google.
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Apr 5 2017 11:05am
Making American great again.
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Apr 5 2017 11:13am
How low have the Republicans gone to tapp our google searches during our sacred porn watching. This is Nixon/Watergate Bad (or sick) party!
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Apr 5 2017 05:33pm
Quote (Skinned @ Apr 5 2017 09:05am)
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Doesn't seem like a massive issue. Most things online could already do this, the two biggest being Google and Facebook. If anything, I'd say the law unfairly targets ISPs over other internet involved corporations.

In a way, this is even less sinister than Google and Facebook, which are by an individual basis. This only gives access to an over household's information and probably couldn't narrow down users.
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Apr 5 2017 05:36pm
so isps will just be able to do what facebook, uber, google, ect already do?
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