No Congress Did Not Repeal Internet Privacy

Red Alert Politics ^ | 4/27/17 | Andrew Armstrong

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Millennials live on the Internet. We were born and raised surfing the web, using Snapchat and Instagram and, of course, playing games online. It is almost a birthright. Keeping the Internet free and clear of oppressive federal government red-tape and regulations is critical to keep innovation and growth in this space. Some on the left see the web as the “wild west” that needs the guiding hand of government. A former commissioner of the Federal Elections Commission has repeatedly argued for federal control over the web. Ann Ravel, and others like her, want websites like the Drudge Report, YouTube and Twitter regulated by the feds. Other federal agencies, like the Federal Communication Commission (FCC), take a similar view. During the Obama-era, the Chairman of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, set about an aggressive campaign that would in, FCC commissioner Ajai Pai’s words, “gives the FCC broad and unprecedented discretion to micromanage the Internet.” Funded by over $100 million from George Soros, Google, and the Ford Foundation, the campaign centered on turning the Internet into a public utility by enacting so-called “Net Neutrality.” Pushing new and draconian “privacy rules” on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) was step two.

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