Senate votes to block internet privacy regulations

[I B Hankering]

Should the commercial playing field be leveled for AT&T and Verizon to compete fairly with Facebook and Google? Or, is all of this hoopla about privacy concerns just agenda driven hoopla?

It seems to me, that someone using Google or Facebook on an AT&T or Verizon device has already compromised their privacy. So, are these suspended regulations legitimately protecting anyone's privacy or just making it difficult for some competitors in the free market to compete with others that aren't restricted in the same manner?

Opinions?

Senate votes to block internet privacy regulations

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday in a 50-48 party line vote that would dismantle a set of internet privacy rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last year.

The rules, which the FCC passed in a party-line vote in October, require internet service providers such as AT&T and Verizon to obtain customers’ permission before using their personal information for advertising purposes.

If passed by the House and signed by President Trump, the bill would use an obscure law called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to eliminate the rules before they go into effect. The CRA would also prevent the FCC from passing “substantially similar” regulations in the future, though no court has ruled on what agencies can pass under those standards.

Critics of the privacy regulations say they are too onerous, and subject service providers to stricter regulations than websites such as Facebook and Google, which also collect consumer data.

(The Hill)

[Yssup Rider]

There doesn't seem to be much about protecting ANYBODY'S privacy in this new resolution.

Dangerous stuff. Especially for those of us on sites like this, wouldn't you say?

Chit, someone might actually out Twitler as an ECCIE member.