14 DAY TRIAL // You can officially say "goodbye" to your online privacy as President Donald Trump has signed the resolution reversing protections set in place by the previous administration which stopped Internet Service Providers from selling your browsing history.
The move isn't really a surprise since the White House indicated its support for the decision last week as it was being approved by Congress.
In truth, there won't be that many changes right now. That's mostly because the rules that were set by the previous FCC chief were supposed to come into effect this year. This is something that often happens with rules that affect entire industries as they need time to adjust their policies and systems. Now that both the Senate and the Congress decided against it, it doesn't really matter anymore.
Following decisions are made by the very same FCC leadership during the Obama administration, broadband providers and considered telecommunications services. This gave the FCC plenty of control over the companies providing people with Internet access.
New chief, new rules, more freedom for telcos
Previously, the FCC took its role quite seriously and set down numerous rules to protect people, such as those imposing net neutrality or this one, which was supposed to stop ISPs from selling off people's private browsing data to marketers.
Now, however, the FCC has a new chief - Ajit Pai - who was previously a member of the same FCC board. Even back then he was known for opposing concepts such as net neutrality, believing there are too many regulations affecting telecommunication companies and their businesses.
This may very well be just the beginning of the changes that are going to come regarding what the telecommunications companies can and cannot do. If this is any indication, they will likely be allowed plenty of freedoms, enough to do whatever they want without repercussions.