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Republicans are close to killing off Obama-era privacy rules on internet service providers, a move that critics warn could have major implications for customers’ personal information.

Last week, on a party-line vote, the Senate voted to repeal the FCC’s 2016 broadband-privacy rules, which give consumers the power to choose how their ISPs use and share their personal data. If the House also votes to repeal the rules, the bill will go to President Trump, who is expected to sign it.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, a coalition of digital rights advocates, racial justice groups and grassroots activists called on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to make a more genuine effort to provide affordable internet access for low-income communities.

Senate Republicans showed Thursday they don’t care about your online privacy.
It remains to be seen whether their colleagues in the House of Representatives and President Donald Trump feel the same way.

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday in a party-line vote that would dismantle a set of internet privacy rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission last year.

Republican lawmakers in the Senate approved a measure designed to kill federal broadband-privacy protections and allow internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon to sell your sensitive private information to the highest bidder.

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Senate passed a resolution of disapproval to overturn the FCC’s landmark broadband-privacy rules and expose internet users to spying by companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon.

The Senate voted Thursday to make it easier for internet service providers to share sensitive information about their customers, a first step in overturning landmark privacy rules that consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers view as crucial protections in the digital age.

ISP now stands for “invading subscriber privacy,” Democratic senator says.