• Rep. Capuano speaking about Republican efforts to roll back internet privacy protections
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[video=youtube;oxl6L3b3X6U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxl6L3b3X6U&list=FL42jf3Spc0lfqFXLz2cEUqQ& index=1[/video]
Give that man a fuckin' medal. Just like Rep. Capuano, I can't fathom (other than the GOP being greedy and corrupt to the point of an old Saturday morning cartoon villain) how in the hell anyone would think this a good idea. And heck, if you don't think ISPs should subjected to increased oversight alone, the logical route is to apply the rules to companies like Google as well- not strip the rules away completely [I]permanently[/I] in the name of 'leveling the playing field'. I can't wait for 2018 to roll around for me to vote the dumbfuck reps in my state who supported this out of office.
What a passionate sounding man. Really. Even before I really began understanding politics, I always knew the Republicans were the bad guys. Back when I was new to it all, I based that solely on the way they spoke about certain issues. Now that I've grown and understand politics better, I know that my intuition was not incorrect. The Republican party is evil. They don't care at all about the average citizen, only themselves and their donors. I'm sure there are some Republicans who actually do some good things. But there's too few of them, and far between. That this man is able to stand up and explain this issue so simply so that a five-year old could understand, and the Republicans continue thinking it's a great idea, is a testament to how disconnected and uncaring they are for the people.
I still can't believe this repeal managed to fully pass but I guess with the Trump administration running the show anything can go wrong. If people don't do fucking something fast, right now and in the future, net neutrality will slowly but surely become a thing of the past.
I am angry about the data being stored by companies, but I am mostly worried about the security of that data. Think of how often large hacks occur, and now instead of thousands of passwords leaking, we have to worry about hundreds of thousands of purchasing habits and histories, porn searches, and more becoming public access and tied to your person forever. I guaran-fucking-tee you that the people passing this bill got on a blacklist for this datamining.
Something that needs to be stressed here is that a lot of articles, even from ostensibly left-leaning sources like CNN and the NYT are characterizing this as [URL="http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/28/technology/house-internet-privacy-repeal/?iid=EL"]"Congress voted to kill your privacy protections"[/URL] when the vote was actually down party lines. Not a single Democrat voted for this legislation.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;52029737]Something that needs to be stressed here is that a lot of articles, even from ostensibly left-leaning sources like CNN and the NYT are characterizing this as [URL="http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/28/technology/house-internet-privacy-repeal/?iid=EL"]"Congress voted to kill your privacy protections"[/URL] when the vote was actually down party lines. Not a single Democrat voted for this legislation.[/QUOTE] I want to say I read somewhere that one Democrat voted for it but I can't find it at the moment. Still, 1 vs 200 something Republican is pretty bad. EDIT: Nope I'm wrong. [t]http://i.imgur.com/4QSQwbQ.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=kariko;52029831]I want to say I read somewhere that one Democrat voted for it but I can't find it at the moment. Still, 1 vs 200 something Republican is pretty bad. EDIT: Nope I'm wrong. [t]http://i.imgur.com/4QSQwbQ.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] No Democrats in the [URL="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h202"]house[/URL] or [URL="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00094#position"]senate[/URL] voted for this, but 15 Republican representatives voted Nay so it was only technically down party lines in the senate
Out of curiosity, if Trump does pass to repeal this, would we be able be buy his financial information such as maybe his [U]fucking tax returns that's not from fucking 2005[/U]? You know, out of luck he did his online.
I'm hoping that if this bill is repealed that the people who created/voted yes to this bill are blacklisted from ever being part of the Government. These people think they can regulate the internet just so they can get a few thousand without any consequences? In their world they think much won't happen to them, but since that whole GoFundMe thing about buying their search history is going on and it's trending I can say for certain that a shitstorm is coming their way and that they are getting what's coming to them. Though I wish this whole thing would blow up on Youtube to inform everyone else. Barely anyone but H3H3 has talked about this subject. You'd expect people like Phillip Defranco, Scarce or even KEEMSTAR of all people to be reporting this, but barely anyone other than H3H3 is reporting on this subject.
[QUOTE=Spetsnaz95;52029209]What a passionate sounding man. Really. Even before I really began understanding politics, I always knew the Republicans were the bad guys. Back when I was new to it all, I based that solely on the way they spoke about certain issues. Now that I've grown and understand politics better, I know that my intuition was not incorrect. The Republican party is evil. They don't care at all about the average citizen, only themselves and their donors. I'm sure there are some Republicans who actually do some good things. But there's too few of them, and far between. That this man is able to stand up and explain this issue so simply so that a five-year old could understand, and the Republicans continue thinking it's a great idea, is a testament to how disconnected and uncaring they are for the people.[/QUOTE] It's silly to think all Republicans are evil. Really only the outspoken ones. Gov. of Maryland recently continued to ban hydraulic fracturing in our state. He's Republican and this move isn't evil whatsoever quite the opposite [editline]30th March 2017[/editline] The Republicans in the white house now are a bunch of shitty old men who have over stayed their welcome
I don't get how a law can be permanent. When the original version of privacy protections came out, couldn't they have just made that permanent so this couldn't happen?
[QUOTE=PsycheClops;52030163]Out of curiosity, if Trump does pass to repeal this, would we be able be buy his financial information such as maybe his [U]fucking tax returns that's not from fucking 2005[/U]? You know, out of luck he did his online.[/QUOTE] That sort of shit wouldn't be on his personal Internet history. He probably has some huge billion dollar accounting firm doing shit like that for him. edit: but by all means buy his large handed amazon woman fisting porn history
[QUOTE=surfur;52031848]I don't get how a law can be permanent. When the original version of privacy protections came out, couldn't they have just made that permanent so this couldn't happen?[/QUOTE] Laws can always be overturned. Permanence is impossible and, frankly, unwise. But you can always add a poison pill like Obamacare where if you repeal it, it's gonna be an enormous waste of money to reverse everything.
[QUOTE=surfur;52031848]I don't get how a law can be permanent. When the original version of privacy protections came out, couldn't they have just made that permanent so this couldn't happen?[/QUOTE] By law you're not allowed to swear in front of women and children. I believe it's still in law but of course it isn't enforced
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