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As Net Neutrality gets more public attention, a Senate resolution that would reverse the FCC’s Net Neutrality repeal has 45 supporters.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the House rejected legislation that would have put in place robust privacy protections for people in the United States and Americans abroad, and instead voted to renew a program allowing the government to spy on them without a warrant.

As more than 40 senators back a bipartisan move to overturn the FCC’s assault on the internet, activists chart a difficult but possible path to victory.

The effort to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s recent repeal of its Net Neutrality rules just crossed an important threshold.

The announcement from the Internet Association made clear that companies like Google, Facebook and Netflix would back a legal fight.

A trade group representing more than 40 of the country’s biggest tech companies announced plans to intervene in a lawsuit against the FCC over its 2017 order dismantling Net Neutrality protections.

WASHINGTON — On Monday, sponsorship for Sen. Ed Markey’s resolution of disapproval of last month’s Net Neutrality repeal reached 30 senators.

The repeal is undergoing final changes as the FCC prepares for a court battle.

An epic power struggle over the future of the internet will play out in the United States this year. Its outcome will determine just how much control broadband companies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T have.

Big Tech makes aspects of daily life more convenient (if more fraught), but that’s not the same as making the world a better place. Mainly, the goal has become making more money, via more monopoly.