• White House says Trump to sign broadband privacy repeal
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[quote]President Donald Trump plans to sign a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules as a bigger fight looms over rules governing the openness of the internet, the White House said on Wednesday. Republicans in Congress on Tuesday narrowly passed the repeal of the privacy rules with no Democratic support and over the strong objections of privacy advocates. The fight over privacy sets the stage for an even larger battle later this year over Republican plans to overturn the net neutrality provisions adopted by the administration of former President Barack Obama in 2015. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said he did not know when Trump would sign the bill.[/quote] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet-idUSKBN1702TA[/url] goddamn it. hope for a veto is p. narrow.
Gotta have something after that ACA failure lol
Please, for the love of all that is holy, veto it Trump. Do something good for once.
He'll sign it. He doesn't know anything about the internet and he doesn't give a shit. America voted for this.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52030513]He'll sign it. He doesn't know anything about the internet and he doesn't give a shit. America voted for this.[/QUOTE] even if he actually does approve of this shitty bill his supporters will still continue to love him no matter what.
It's donald trump of course it will be signed.
Do the republicans even try to justify the terrible shit they pull or have they just stopped giving a shit and have gone full evil because they can place the blame on trump
Just say this is what the democrats want. He'll veto it real quick.
The moment this is actually legislation, every person who has the ability to, should buy [B]everything, every ounce of data, every shred of history pertaining to the people who voted this in.[/B] They destroyed privacy, they should be the first to taste what it feels like to lose it.
Watch this open a large market of capitalized security measures and subscribing to a sort of 'privacy insurance' that is now no longer entitled to you.
The one thing you never do is try to regulate the internet. This has been shown multiple times with SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/ect., but the very second that Trump and his administration allow this all hell is going to break loose and these fuckers are going to get what's rightfully coming to them.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;52030611]The moment this is actually legislation, every person who has the ability to, should buy [B]everything, every ounce of data, every shred of history pertaining to the people who voted this in.[/B] They destroyed privacy, they should be the first to taste what it feels like to lose it.[/QUOTE] ok, I dislike this law bigly too, but this isn't how it works in the time before the obama era regulations were in action (see: 6 months ago) you couldnt just e-mail comcast and say "hey, i'll pay you x dollars to let me see the entire browsing history of steve bannon for the past 5 years", it's much much more complicated than that
can't wait to see the_donald desperately try to put a positive spin on this
[QUOTE=1239the;52030693]can't wait to see the_donald desperately try to put a positive spin on this[/QUOTE] They'll more than likely just ignore it, its currently not even listed on the front page. They're more focused on trying to spin his administrations Russian connections.
In the process of Making America Great Again, we must roll back all the progress we've made since the moment where America stopped being great
[QUOTE=artDecor;52030731]In the process of Making America Great Again, we must roll back all the progress we've made since the moment where America stopped being great[/QUOTE] MARA: Make America Regress Again
At least it wasn't $hillary. [del]She[/del] it would have nuked Russia!
[QUOTE=artDecor;52030731]In the process of Making America Great Again, we must roll back all the progress we've made since the moment where America stopped being great[/QUOTE] He's just making America great for himself at this point, the absolute fucking disgrace.
[QUOTE=EmilyVasquez;52030633]The one thing you never do is try to regulate the internet. This has been shown multiple times with SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/ect., but the very second that Trump and his administration allow this all hell is going to break loose and these fuckers are going to get what's rightfully coming to them.[/QUOTE] With net neutrality soon in the crosshairs, I have nightmares that some PIPA shit is going to come out of nowhere and pass at hyperspeed. God help us all.
[QUOTE=Judas;52030672]ok, I dislike this law bigly too, but this isn't how it works in the time before the obama era regulations were in action (see: 6 months ago) you couldnt just e-mail comcast and say "hey, i'll pay you x dollars to let me see the entire browsing history of steve bannon for the past 5 years", it's much much more complicated than that[/QUOTE] I'm already seeing pledges in the millions of dollars to buy the data so hopefully money talks
[QUOTE=Judas;52030672]ok, I dislike this law bigly too, but this isn't how it works in the time before the obama era regulations were in action (see: 6 months ago) you couldnt just e-mail comcast and say "hey, i'll pay you x dollars to let me see the entire browsing history of steve bannon for the past 5 years", it's much much more complicated than that[/QUOTE] I discovered from the other thread on the subject that the Obama era policy was never even put into effect- the FCC delayed implementation and then it passed a December deadline. So the privacy policy was never even put into action in the first place. We have exactly as much ability to buy data on Republicans as we did yesterday, a month ago, six months ago, or a year ago: Basically none. The law never actually changed, what this bill does is [i]prevent[/i] the law from changing.
who exactly is this helping its not like its even helping broadband companies, this is purely a "fuck freedom" approach, no one benefits from this
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;52030513]He'll sign it. He doesn't know anything about the internet and he doesn't give a shit. America voted for this.[/QUOTE] No we didn't, though
[QUOTE=catbarf;52031991]I discovered from the other thread on the subject that the Obama era policy was never even put into effect- the FCC delayed implementation and then it passed a December deadline. So the privacy policy was never even put into action in the first place. We have exactly as much ability to buy data on Republicans as we did yesterday, a month ago, six months ago, or a year ago: Basically none. The law never actually changed, what this bill does is [i]prevent[/i] the law from changing.[/QUOTE] While you are correct I do think this is a signal that the Republicans are going to and want to push further with destroy freedom of the internet. After all, the current head of the FCC want to destroy net neutrality. I don't think these laws are going to stop.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;52032022]No we didn't, though[/QUOTE] Yes we did, though Even if he lost the true majority, very nearly half the entire country voted for him.
[QUOTE=Untouch;52031996]who exactly is this helping its not like its even helping broadband companies, this is purely a "fuck freedom" approach, no one benefits from this[/QUOTE] It's totally helping the broadband companies. It's giving them the freedom to sell data as they see fit rather than have to ask your permission. Some optimists are saying it might result in reduced broadband costs since data on an average person is considered worth approximately $30 per month, but to me it sounds like pie-in-the-sky optimism to think that Comcast or Verizon will pass those profits on to the customer. [QUOTE=BlackMageMari;52032026]While you are correct I do think this is a signal that the Republicans are going to and want to push further with destroy freedom of the internet. After all, the current head of the FCC want to destroy net neutrality. I don't think these laws are going to stop.[/QUOTE] Yeah, I agree. I just think people are reacting without having a full understanding of what's actually happening. A lot of people seem to think that the bill is actually changing things and are blindly donating to crowdfunding campaigns promising to buy the data of Congressmen, when no such mechanism currently exists and no such mechanism is likely to ever exist. It won't surprise me if at least some of those campaign organizers just pocket the money.
[QUOTE=phygon;52032046]Yes we did, though Even if he lost the true majority, very nearly half the entire country voted for him.[/QUOTE] ~26% of the country voted for him.
I hate how things like this are not on the news, ever.
[QUOTE=1239the;52030693]can't wait to see the_donald desperately try to put a positive spin on this[/QUOTE] [media]https://twitter.com/ChevreBoueri/status/846862126589362179[/media] :v:
The thread I saw yesterday on t_d was posted by a moderator who laid out the positives and negatives and concluded with the rote statement of "trusting Trump to do the right thing". The top reply was a sticky by a moderator saying that the post didn't represent the beliefs of the mod team. The top regular reply was saying that it was shit :v:
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