Net Neutrality in the upcoming budget bill

[drauz]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/net-neutrality-omnibus_565e0303e4b08e945fecf41d
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/06/10/republicans-take-aim-at-net-neutrality-in-spending-bill/

I don't care who authored the rider. I care that it might make it to the must pass budget bill coming up very soon.


None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to regulate, directly or indirectly, the prices, other fees, or data caps and allowances (as such terms are described in paragraph 164 of the Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order in the matter of protecting and promoting the open Internet, adopted by the Federal Communications Commission on February 26, 2015.

[Androidpk]

Ugh.. republicans trying to screw over americans once again

[drauz]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/16/congress-budget-omnibus-cisa-surveillance-cybersecurity

But now the legislation has gotten even worse. Because the House and Senate passed slightly different versions, they had to be combined and voted on one more time – and, in negotiations, the bill’s most fervent supporters decided to strip away the (already really weak) privacy provisions from both the House and Senate versions. These protections, while wholly inadequate, were the only reasons that many members of Congress who would’ve otherwise opposed Cisa voted for it.

https://static.newamerica.org/attachments/12213-intelligence-committees-hijacked-cyber-negotiations-and-raced-to-the-bottom-on-privacy/UpdatedChartofCyberInfoSharingBillsComparisonChart .be53df22fbef42ae8e17672179e57eb5.pdf