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How will new law blocking internet privacy rules affect you?

Clip: 4/4/2017 | 6m 26s

New legislation signed by President Trump blocks the implementation of internet privacy.

New legislation signed by President Trump blocks the implementation of internet privacy rules that would have stopped service providers from collecting and selling information about your web browsing to advertisers without your permission. William Brangham gets two views from Gigi Sohn of the Open Society Foundations and Scott Cleland, president of Precursor LLC.

04/04/2017 | Rating NR

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