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date: '2017-03-11'
title: 'FCC throwing consumer privacy protections out the window to help ISPs'
description: "There's not really a bright side here for consumers. Internet providers asked for permission to start sharing your private data again, and without much of a fight, they're about to get it."
tags: ['politics', 'privacy']
---

**[The Verge:](http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/10/14881068/fcc-privacy-rules-fight-web-history-ads)**

> There's not really a bright side here for consumers. Internet providers asked for permission to start sharing your private data again, and without much of a fight, they're about to get it.<!-- excerpt -->

If ISPs are incapable of competing with services people actually want, the FCC shouldn't be working to prop them up.