> let's not forget that these are industry-wide practices and that the hearings have less to do with protecting users than it is political grand standing. Actu

> let's not forget that these are industry-wide practices and that the hearings have less to do with protecting users than it is political grand standing. Actually, we're already seeing some real action from Congress. The author of COPPA introduced the CONSENT Act, which seems to bring parts of GDPR to the US. https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CONSENT%20Act%20text.pdf https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CONSENT%20Act%20... The "catch" is that it only applies to "edge providers" (online services), but not ISPs, which I think is FINE. That's a battle for another day. After all, remember how Google helped in the openness or copyright fights against the ISPs and content providers in the early days (which of course directly helped Google to grow even more as a company)? And now we're stuck with tech companies becoming dangerous monopolies, too. My point is that I don't mind ISPs actually supporting legislation like this, as long as the legislation makes sense against that group of companies. Once Democrats get back in power, I think we'll have a good chance to pass a net neutrality law as well as a broadband/wireless privacy act, too.