ISPs lied to Congress to spread confusion about encrypted DNS, Mozilla says | Ars Technica

Mozilla is urging Congress to reject the broadband industry's lobbying campaign against encrypted DNS in Firefox and Chrome. The Internet providers' fight against this privacy feature raises questions about how they use broadband customers' Web-browsing data, Mozilla wrote in a letter sent today to the chairs and ranking members of three House of Representatives committees. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/isps-lied-to-congress-to-spread-confusion-about-encrypted-dns-mozilla-says/

Of course a mystery website attacking city-run broadband was run by an ISP. Of course • The Register

Cable biz Fidelity Communications has been forced to admit it was behind an astroturfing campaign against a city-run fiber network in America's Midwest.....
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/02/07/fidelity_astroturf_city_broadband/

The FCC Tried To Hide Net Neutrality Complaints Against ISPs | Techdirt

When FCC boss Ajit Pai first proposed killing popular net neutrality protections (pdf), he insisted he would proceed "in a far more transparent way than the FCC did" when it first crafted the rules in 2015. That promise has proven to be a historically-hollow one.

Pai's agency is already facing numerous lawsuits for refusing to disclose conversations with ISP lobbyists about the plan to kill net neutrality, refusing to disclose net neutrality complaints filed with the agency, refusing to be transparent about a DDoS attack the FCC apparently concocted to downplay the "John Oliver effect," and for ignoring FOIA requests related to its failure to police website comment fraud during the public comment period.....
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20171205/12420338750/fcc-tried-to-hide-net-neutrality-complaints-against-isps.shtml

Michigan Introduces New, Awful Bill to Ban Community Broadband | DSLReports, ISP Information

Michigan is the latest state to try and pass a law supported by (and likely written by) incumbent ISPs that tries to prevent communities from building their own broadband networks.....
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Michigan-Introduces-New-Awful-Bill-to-Ban-Community-Broadband-140544

FCC’s claim that one ISP counts as “competition” faces scrutiny in court | Ars Technica

FCC should be forced to reinstate price caps in business broadband, groups say.....
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/fccs-claim-that-one-isp-counts-as-competition-faces-scrutiny-in-court/

Why one Republican voted to kill privacy rules: “Nobody has to use the Internet”

Republicans encounter angry citizens after killing online privacy rules....
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/dont-like-privacy-violations-dont-use-the-internet-gop-lawmaker-says/

Congress to US citizens: Want online privacy? Pay up!

Worried consumers may resort to buying VPN services and paying higher fees to ISPs to protect their privacy...
http://www.macworld.com/article/3186428/privacy/congress-to-us-citizens-want-online-privacy-pay-up.html#tk.rss_all

Republicans in Congress Will Not Protect Your Internet Privacy, So Protect it Yourself -- VICE

Tuesday, the House of Representatives will vote to allow your internet service provider to spy on you. Right now, there are a series of last-minute letter writing campaigns and protests trying to salvage rules that would protect your privacy, but make no mistake: These efforts will almost certainly fail. It's time to protect yourself....
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/republicans-in-congress-will-not-protect-your-internet-privacy-so-protect-it-yourself

Why did Republicans vote to destroy your online privacy? That's where the money is

Every Senate Republican and all but 15 House Republicans voted to dismantle your online privacy, overturning a rule by the FCC that would have required internet service providers to get your permission to sell off your private web data. Your web searches, your financial data, your shopping habits—basically every step you take online is now back up for grabs. Why would Republicans—the supposed champions of the little guy, the libertarians—sell you out?

 Money....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1648458

Ars Technica: Senate votes to let ISPs sell your Web browsing history to advertisers

ISP now stands for "invading subscriber privacy," Democratic senator says. ...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/senate-votes-to-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-history-to-advertisers/

GOP senators’ new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data (Ars Technica)

Senate resolution would throw out FCC's entire privacy rulemaking....
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/gop-senators-new-bill-would-let-isps-sell-your-web-browsing-data/

ISPs ask lawmakers to kill privacy rules, and they’re happily obliging (Ars Technica)

Wheeler-era FCC rules that protect Web browsing data could be overturned. ...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/02/isps-wont-have-to-follow-privacy-rules-if-gop-lawmakers-get-their-way/