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Republicans Gut Internet Privacy Rules As Trump Complains About Alleged Surveillance
On Tuesday, the House narrowly voted to allow internet providers to sell consumer web browsing history and other personal information. The vote will give companies like Verizon, Comcast and AT&T more power to collect people’s sensitive data, including their internet browsing history, and to sell this information. Last week, the Senate also approved the measure in a vote largely split across party lines. President Trump is expected to sign the bill. For more, we speak to Laura Moy, deputy director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center.
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