Sen Markey Stumps for Privacy Proposal

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Sen Ed Markey (D-MA) put in a last-minute push for the Federal Communications Commission's broadband privacy proposal, which is on the agenda for an Oct. 27 vote. Sen Markey joined various groups also pushing for the new regulations—Public Knowledge, Center for Digital Democracy, Color of Change, Consumer Federation of America—on a conference call with reporters to urge the FCC to proceed with that vote.

Sen Markey is also a big backer of set-top reforms that the FCC was also scheduled to vote on before the chairman pulled the item from Sept's meeting. Sen Markey several times said the FCC needs to stay on course for the Oct 27 vote, calling it a "critical moment" for privacy. The senator said that just as the country has to make sure Russia doesn't compromise our privacy, no one else should.


Sen Markey Stumps for Privacy Proposal