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> Did you actually read the article, or are you just really stretching to be able to say 'wrong'... No, really, your assertion that Obama-era Net Neutrality ru
by throwawayjava 9y ago
> Did you actually read the article, or are you just really stretching to be able to say 'wrong'...
No, really, your assertion that Obama-era Net Neutrality rules and privacy rules are disconnected is simply wrong! See "What does that have to do with privacy?
" on https://www.epic.org/privacy/netneutrality/ https://www.epic.org/privacy/netneutrality/
When people talk about rolling back FCC rules on net neutrality, they are -- by definition! -- talking about rolling back these privacy protections. There's no debate to be had here.
More generally, you may be confused by timelines. Hopefully this will help:
pre-2014: Phone companies and ISPs begin tracking customers.
2014 - 2016: FCC begins process of cracking down on this sort of behavior (e.g., see top comment on this story).
2017: FCC reverses course on that crackdown.
Perhaps you are claiming that there wasn't a substantive change in valence on the issue of consumer privacy within the FCC and other regulatory agencies over the past six months. And perhaps "net neutrality" means something very specific do you. But that doesn't mean that late Obama-era net neutrality rules weren't aimed and strengthening privacy protections. They were.