ISPs Aim to Use Facebook Fracas to Saddle Silicon Valley with Crappy New Laws
The ISPs are in an all out attack on competitors like Facebook&#x2F;Google&#x2F;Netflix&#x2F;others. ISPs bought their way into the market with the ISP privacy protections being removed [1][2] and net neutrality being killed rather than innovating. The privacy protections being removed helped lessen the FCC grip on privacy and helped their case, with legislators not the people, to remove FCC net neutrality protections.<p>It is obvious everywhere that massive PR pushes are going on and astroturfing to a heavy degree everywhere ISP competitors on the advertising&#x2F;privacy&#x2F;data space are.<p>Instead of innovating their way in with products people want and improving their networks so people pay more, the ISPs are trying to win this via bribing for legislation and mud slinging.  They bought their way in with the ISP privacy protections being removed under the FCC to the FTC because they have more leverage there.<p>It is sad ISPs have resorted to this instead of innovating and creating products people want by improving them rather than trying to slow down competitors via bribing and lobbying.<p>ISPs were once a beacon of innovation bringing in broadband, now they are in the milking it phase.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eff.org&#x2F;deeplinks&#x2F;2017&#x2F;03&#x2F;five-creepy-things-your-isp-could-do-if-congress-repeals-fccs-privacy-protections" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eff.org&#x2F;deeplinks&#x2F;2017&#x2F;03&#x2F;five-creepy-things-your-is...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flake.senate.gov&#x2F;public&#x2F;index.cfm&#x2F;2017&#x2F;3&#x2F;op-ed-for-the-wall-street-journal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.flake.senate.gov&#x2F;public&#x2F;index.cfm&#x2F;2017&#x2F;3&#x2F;op-ed-f...</a>