03/30/2017

Controversy Lingers Over Privacy Rules Rollback

The change rolls back Obama-era privacy protections

The House and Senate’s decision to roll back the Federal Communications Commission’s internet privacy regulations was welcomed by telecom trade groups but decried by consumer advocacy groups and the prior FCC chairman.

With the stroke of President Donald Trump’s pen, one of the Obama administration’s biggest online privacy wins will be rolled back.

On Tuesday, the House passed a bill that would effectively eliminate the consumer protections put into place by the Federal Communications Commission last fall, which were set to take effect later this year. The Senate passed its version of the legislation last week. Like the FCC’s rulemaking, the bill passed largely on party-line votes in Congress, with Republicans supporting undoing the internet privacy rules and Democrats opposing.

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