The FCC broadband privacy rules were repealed by Congress in 2017.

Evidence

These rules insisted that customers “must be empowered to decide” how providers may “use and share their data.” But they were repealed by Congress in 2017, and the possibility of reviving them is uncertain. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 550

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Congressional Republicans overturned FCC broadband privacy rules to protect surplus dispossession — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 535; ISPs lobbied to kill FCC privacy rules, claiming unfair competition with Google — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 532

Broader Connections

• Congressional Republicans overturned FCC broadband privacy rules to protect surplus dispossession #corroborates (0.80) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 535
• ISPs lobbied to kill FCC privacy rules, claiming unfair competition with Google #expands (0.75) — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 532