The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them

[L. Coyote]

The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them

They betrayed you for chump change
by T.C. Sottek Mar 29, 2017

Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about “consumer choice” and “free markets,” as if consumers at the mercy of their local internet monopoly are craving to have their web history quietly sold to marketers and any other third party willing to pay.

The only people who seem to want this are the people who are going to make lots of money from it. (Hint: they work for companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T.) Incidentally, these people and their companies routinely give lots of money to members of Congress.

So here is a list of the lawmakers who voted to betray you, and how much money they received from the telecom industry in their most recent election cycle.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Don't they get it that their own data can be sold, too?

All those porn sites...?

[Turbineguy]

2. Wanna make some money?

run for office as a republican.

[NCjack]

3. The two politicians who racked in the most from the ISPs

Sen. John Thune (R-SD): $215,000
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): $251,110

[watrwefitinfor]

4. Not one single Deocratic Senator or Rep on the list.

Encouraging.

Wat

[gratuitous]

6. Every vote in the House was Republican

No House Democrat voted for this.

My question, though, is since ISPs are taking my information and converting into a salable asset, am I not entitled to a cut of whatever they sell my work for? Considering the unlimited upside to a company purchasing my valuable internet information, I think I deserve at least $1,000 every time Comcast or Xfinity or whoever sells my work to a vendor.

[burrowowl]

5. K&R!!!!!!

[moondust]

7. Profits over privacy!!!

Profits over people!!!

Profits over planet!!!

[L. Coyote]

8. Votes for "donations"