California Decides To Abstain From the Anti-privacy Bill Signed By Trump

Last updated: July 5, 2023 Reading time: minutes
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Over the past few months, we have witnessed the impacts of the anti-privacy bill signed into law by President Trump. According to this law, the ISPs were empowered not just to monitor us but also to sell our information with liberty. But recently, an Assembly Democrat is working its fingers to the bones in order to resurrect the privacy regulations that limited broadband providers from using customer data.

On Monday, Assemblyman Ed Chau revealed a measure that would ordain the stumbled federal regulations into California state law. According to this bill, the Internet service providers like Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon would require permission from their customers before use of their information. This permission would grant the ISPs to use, sell or permit access to data related to their browsing history.

These restrictions were laid down by the FCC – Federal Communications Commission, under the administration of Obama. However, before these rules went into effect they were brutally crumbled by Trumps’s anti-privacy bill. The repeal of the FCC rules was approved by the Congress and signed over by President Trump.

At a news conference, Ed Chau stated, “Congress and the administration went against the will of the vast majority of Americans when they revoked the FCC rules.” Furthermore, by adding his measure, AB 375, he said, “California is going to restore what Washington stripped away.”