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Internet activists raise funds to get Congress' web browsing history
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$253,000 raised since Thursday against reversal of privacy protections


On Wednesday, two fundraising campaigns managed to raise several hundred thousands of dollars in a bid to purchase and reveal lawmaker’ browsing histories on Capitol Hill following a reversal of Obama-era internet privacy protections against the open sale of peoples' web history.

Congress overturns Obama-era Internet privacy protections
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All customer generated web traffic is now accessible to advertisement firms


On Tuesday, the US House of Representatives voted to wipe away the Obama-era FCC’s landmark Internet privacy protections that limited what ISPs could do with information such as customer browsing habits, app usage history, location data, and social security numbers.