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Ed Markey: “So killing these FCC privacy rules through a CRA would create an unregulated wild west where captive consumers would…”

On the recordMarch 7, 2017
So killing these FCC privacy rules through a CRA would create an unregulated wild west where captive consumers would have no defense against abusive invasions of their privacy by their ISP.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns against repealing FCC privacy rules, highlighting risks to consumer privacy.

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