{"id":26820,"date":"2017-04-16T12:13:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T17:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=26820"},"modified":"2017-04-16T12:13:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T17:13:34","slug":"wapo-nobodys-got-to-use-the-internet-a-gop-lawmakers-response-to-concerns-about-web-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=26820","title":{"rendered":"WaPo: \u2018Nobody\u2019s got to use the Internet\u2019: A GOP lawmaker\u2019s response to concerns about Web privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2017\/04\/15\/nobodys-got-to-use-the-internet-a-gop-lawmakers-response-to-concerns-about-web-privacy\/?utm_term=.d77e423df087\">\u2018Nobody\u2019s got to use the Internet\u2019: A GOP lawmaker\u2019s response to concerns about Web privacy<\/a> by Kristine Phillips:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Wisconsin congressman told a town hall attendee who was concerned about the elimination of online privacy protections that using the Internet is a choice \u2014 a statement that has since drawn criticism on social media.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday, the attendee asked about the recent decision by Congress to wipe away an Obama-era policy that sought to limit what Internet service providers, such as Verizon, AT&#038;T and Comcast, can do with customers\u2019 Internet browsing history. The concern is similar to one raised by consumer activists: Not all Internet users have options to switch to a different company if they don\u2019t agree with their current provider\u2019s privacy practices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WaPo: \u2018Nobody\u2019s got to use the Internet\u2019: A GOP lawmaker\u2019s response to concerns about Web privacy by Kristine Phillips:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surveillance-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26821,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26820\/revisions\/26821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}