The 265 Members of Congress Who Sold You Out to ISPs, and How Much It Cost to Buy Them

March 29th, 2017

Hint: Not much.

Via: The Verge:

Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about “consumer choice” and “free markets,” as if consumers at the mercy of their local internet monopoly are craving to have their web history quietly sold to marketers and any other third party willing to pay.

The only people who seem to want this are the people who are going to make lots of money from it. (Hint: they work for companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T.) Incidentally, these people and their companies routinely give lots of money to members of Congress.

So here is a list of the lawmakers who voted to betray you, and how much money they received from the telecom industry in their most recent election cycle.

2 Responses to “The 265 Members of Congress Who Sold You Out to ISPs, and How Much It Cost to Buy Them”

  1. tal says:

    ‘Cards Against Humanity’ Creator Just Pledged To Buy and Publish Congress’s Browser History
    http://resistancereport.com/news/cards-humanity-creator-just-pledged-buy-publish-congresss-browser-history/

  2. quintanus says:

    this guy wants to buy the browsing histories of various representatives, although apparently they are pricey.
    https://www.gofundme.com/searchinternethistory

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