House Republicans Pass Bill Overturning Fcc Privacy Rules

House Republicans are hunky dory with internet service providers and big telecom doing pretty much anything they like with your most sensitive internet data—your browsing history, your financial transactions, your Social Security number, whatever. In a party-line vote, Republicans put it all up for grabs. House Republicans voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, by a margin of 215-205, to repeal a set of landmark privacy protections for Web users, issuing a sweeping rebuke of Internet policies enacted under the Obama administration.

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