US Senate votes 50-48 to do away with broadband privacy rules; let ISPs and telecoms to sell your internet history
Despite widespread disapproval from constituents, S.J.Res 34 has passed the United States Senate with a vote of 50-48, with two absent votes. Earlier today, at 12:25 Eastern March 23, 2017, the US Senate voted on S.J.Res 34, and will use the Congressional Review Act to strip away broadband privacy protections that kept Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and telecoms from selling your internet history and app data usage to third parties. S.J.Res 34 was first introduced by 23 Republican Senators earlier this month and its blitz approval is a giant blow to privacy rights in the United States.
The resolution, which is now effectively half passed, will hand responsibility of broadband privacy regulation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and disallow the FCC from making any rules protecting Internet privacy ever again.
The 50 Senators that voted for S.J.Res 34 are (thanks to happyxpenguin):
Senator Roberts (R-KS)
Senator Lee (R-UT)
Senator Boozman (R-AR)
Senator Blunt (R-MO)
Senator Crapo (R-ID)
Senator Scott (R-SC)
Senator Cotton (R-AR)
Senator Hatch (R-UT)
Senator Capito (R-WV)
Senator Alexander (R-TN)
Senator Toomey (R-PA)
Senator Perdue (R-GA)
Senator Cochran (R-MS)
Senator Inhofe (R-OK)
Senator Ernst (R-IA)
Senator Lankford (R-OK)
Senator Collins (R-ME)
Senator Sullivan (R-AK)
Senator Thune (R-SD)
Senator McCain (R-AZ)
Senator Graham (R-SC)
Senator Wicker (R-MS)
Senator Grassley (R-IA)
Senator Burr (R-NC)
Senator Hoeven (R-ND)
Senator Tillis (R-NC)
Senator McConnell (R-KY)
Senator Heller (R-NV)
Senator Cruz (R-TX)
Senator Daines (R-MT)
Senator Portman (R-OH)
Senator Murkowsky (R-AK)
Senator Cassidy (R-LA)
Senator Flake (R-AZ)
Senator Johnson (R-WI)
Senator Rubio (R-FL)
Senator Corker (R-TN)
Senator Risch (R-ID)
Senator Gardner (R-CO)
Senator Young (R-IN)
Senator Barasso (R-WY)
Senator Moran (R-KS)
Senator Cornyn (R-TX)
Senator Enzi (R-WY)
Senator Kennedy (R-LA)
Senator Shelby (R-AL)
Senator Rounds (R-SD)
Absent:
Senator Paul (R-KY)
Senator Isakson (R-GA)
The FCC broadband privacy rules are closer to ending – allowing your private internet history to be sold
The Senators that voted for this have been lobbied by the telecoms and ISPs. Those in support of this stripping of privacy rights have even filed with the FCC attempting to claim that web history and app data usage information is not sensitive information. The EFF put it concisely: Senate Puts ISP Profits Over Your Privacy. Now, the only chance to maintain the hard earned FCC broadband privacy rules lies in defeating H.J.Res 86, the House version of this resolution, which will likely be voted on in the House of Representatives within the next month. It’s up to us to Save Broadband Privacy and make sure that we Don’t Let Congress Undermine Our Privacy.
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This folks, is NOT a “WAKE UP” call…IT IS a “GOTCHA!” declaration! An IN YOUR FACE, “THOUGH S#*T!”
“WHOWANTSTO KNOW56” is ABSOLUTELY right! The “Alphabet Soups” ALREADY have INSTANT ACCESS to your info, 24/7-365 & HAVE HAD for quite some time…pretty much ever since Phil Zimmerman, [PhP program designer], was given the option he couldn’t refuse: “1 million $$$,{4 the “back door”}; OR, 1 million years, {prison time}!!!”
Welcome to the “neo-1984″…Where they’re NOT hiding anything anymore, they’re SOOOO already in CONTROL, “Big Brother” is simply telling you the TRUTH, and laughing in your face!
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IF you HAVEN’T read it! READ the original “1984”, and LEARN the depth of their derangement! (esply clearly detailed on {Pgs.140, [8th line from top]…thru 143, [6th paragraph…OR through line 26]}…The thots expressed there, are NOT really FICTION, they’re LITERALLY, ALMOST Prophecy!!!…hmmmmm…on 2nd thot, they ARE prophecy!!! We just HATE to believe it…as do Winston & Julia….
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THIS SHOULD alert ALL to just how “bought & sold” our Representatives actually ARE!!
IF this passes the Senate!!! (NOTE: Neither Rep. Paul, NOR Isakson (either were NOT present, OR refused to vote…???) They’re EITHER our ONLY willing “STANDARD BEARERS” Or they just “went along, to get along”…need to find THAT fact out!
This puts me into THINKING MODE…Get ahold of the “DARK ANGEL” T.V. Series, (Jessica Alba’s first appearance I believe), and note the “FORYOUREYESONLY” character…THAT is where we’re headed…to the “DARKNET WORLD”…and below, [as it also is UTTERLY COMPROMISED!] (note the number of criminals who’ve been caught on it {DARKNET} — pedophiles ESPECIALLY!)…
FOLKS! You’d BEST get working on a VERY COMPLICATED encryption, (at LEAST that MIGHT help?!?!…tho “No Such Agency” has had “THE BEAST” for years now…capable of forcing ANY encryption known, as far as I know…(note how the FBI, {which are, by NO MEANS better equipped than NSA}, found HELL-R-eees 30,000 e-mails}, for an example of just how capable THEY are)…
The SIMPLE TRUTH is…It’s TIME to get to praying & seeking GENUINE wisdom, not just YOUR knowledge…as to WHAT to do!
THIS IS an “in your face” declaration of ALL OUT WAR!!!…
Get to LEARNING how to dodge this bullet…AND!!! START calling YOUR Senator and DEMANDING they NOT allow this “back stabbing” to go thru…(REMIND THEM…”WE the People…”; put Trump INTO office, and WE CAN & WILL take THEM OUT!!!!)….DON’T RELAX!!! DO IMPACT!!! NEVER QUIT! GIVE’em S#IT!!!
Well if the Senate wants to allow the sale of your browsing history, then the internet companies should pay you a royalty each time they sell it.
I may be wrong here, but its my choice to go to F/B, twitter or any other website and yes i realize iam being watched..My problem is I have only One choice for my ISP where i live…Why should they have the right to monitor EVERYTHING I do and profit from it…I pay them good money every month
No state from northeast including ny didnt vote for it???? If they didnt good for them. The two wimp senators from nc did of course.
this government is evil! it will vote to murder all of us in the future! remember he causes all to take the mark of the beast 666 in there right hand or forehead! Satan has taken control of Washington dc its pure pizzagate pedophile evil folks!