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For reporters on the health beat, the overturning of such protections has consequences. First, it means that reporters’ internet browsing, financial, health and shopping information is less private. Second, it means that patients have fewer online privacy protections.

Federal regulators plan to reverse an Obama-era rule that prevented major television-station owners from buying stations or readily selling themselves, a move that could touch off a wave of deals among media companies.

Companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon now can sift through your personal information, your web-browsing history, where and when you access the internet and what you do while online, and peddle that private data to whomever is willing to pay.

TV-station owners may soon go on a buying spree, a consolidation wave that could limit programming options for viewers.

Financial and medical information. Social Security numbers. Web browsing history. Mobile app usage. Even the content of your emails and online chats.

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a statement suggesting he will not reverse his Feb. 3 decision to revoke the Lifeline Broadband Provider status of nine internet service providers.

One critic of the repeal, Craig Aaron, president of Free Press, said major Silicon Valley companies shied away from the fight over the rules because they profit from consumer data.

Critics of the move said it would have a “chilling effect” on online privacy.

House Republicans showed Tuesday they care as little about your online privacy as their colleagues in the Senate.

The House and Senate have approved a resolution that removes landmark privacy rules drafted by the FCC in 2016. Your internet service provider will no longer need your permission to sell information about what websites you visit, the apps you use or where you use them.