House Dems launch pro-broadband privacy petition
Reps Michael Capuano (D-MA) and Mike Doyle (D-PA) launched a petition to block congressional action that would get rid of consumer broadband privacy protections. The petition — hosted on Whitehouse.gov — asks the government not to “let Internet providers spy and sell our online data” and to “please keep the FCC's Privacy Rules” in place. “Other laws block the FTC from enacting any rules on ISPs,” the lawmakers' petition reads. “Consumers would have no privacy rules. We want better privacy protections like the FCC rules, not more loopholes.”