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The Trump’s administration’s campaign to reverse President Obama’s tech-policy moves won’t stop with the vote in the House to shut down internet-privacy regulations.

The Republican push to eliminate Obama-era consumer-data protections is sparking a new national debate over online privacy, and putting internet companies on the defensive.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai recently reiterated his view that Title II regulations hamper innovation. Here are four reasons why he’s wrong.

WASHINGTON — In response to a question about President Trump’s support for the privacy-killing resolution Congress passed earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer indicated on Thursday that the administration will soon come after the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules and the legal authority the agency relies on to enforce them.

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.

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.

Your internet service provider could deploy hidden tracking cookies on your phone.

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

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.

Trump is about to sign a bill letting internet providers sell personal information to advertisers.