FCC Should Hit Pause Button on ISP Privacy Rules, Mobile Future Says
Americans want and expect a single set of privacy rules, not one for ISPs and a second for everyone else, said Mobile Future interim Chairwoman Diane Smith in a Tuesday blog post. Smith cited results of a poll from last…
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year by the Progressive Policy Institute, which found 94 percent of internet users say all companies collecting or using information online should fall under the same rules. “Nearly a dozen entities have already asked the FCC to reconsider the rules,” Smith wrote. “It is equally appropriate, and likely more expeditious, for Congress to eliminate the conflicting rules. At a minimum, the new FCC leadership should hit the pause button and delay implementation of the rules while regulatory appeals and Congressional action advance.”