Trump just killed Obama's internet privacy rules - here's what that means for you
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On March 28, Congress voted along party lines to kill a set of rules passed by the Federal Communications Commission last October that would've forced your internet service provider to ask you before it collects certain personal information. In both cases, Republicans voted to repeal the rules, while Democrats voted against.
The joint resolution that enacts those changes, S.J. Res. 34, was presented by GOP senator Jeff Flake of Arizona and co-sponsored by 24 other Republicans.
President Trump quietly signed the resolution on Monday night, turning it into law.
So does this mean your internet provider now has free rein over everything you do online? The answer is yes and no. But notably, the rollback could also ead to a more fundamental change to how the internet is run. Here's a rundown of what's happened, and what it means for you.
Read on to learn how repealing the FCC's privacy rules will affect you - or jump ahead to see how we got here, arguments from both sides of the debate, if your ISP can see/sell everything about you, what ISPs are saying about how they'll approach privacy, how ISPs could approach your data like Google and Facebook, what you can do to keep your data private, how net neutrality could be affected, and if other laws can be made around privacy.
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