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date: '2017-03-08'
title: "GOP senators' new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data"
description: "'Big broadband barons and their Republican allies want to turn the telecommunications marketplace into a Wild West where consumers are held captive with no defense against abusive invasions of their privacy by internet service providers,' [Sen. Edward] Markey said."
draft: false
tags: ['politics', 'privacy']
---

**[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/gop-senators-new-bill-would-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-data)**

> "Big broadband barons and their Republican allies want to turn the telecommunications marketplace into a Wild West where consumers are held captive with no defense against abusive invasions of their privacy by internet service providers," [Sen. Edward] Markey said.<!-- excerpt -->
