Blackburn Touts Browser Act as Privacy Woes Remedy
Outgoing House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., cited her Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (Browser) Act (HR-2520) as a solution to privacy woes at tech sector giants like Facebook, during a Thursday Fox Business Network…
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appearance (see 1811270058). HR-2520, filed last year, would make the FTC the privacy regulator for ISPs and edge companies and would require opt-in consent even for web browsing data (see 1705190053). Passage would ensure "one template in place for the entire ecosystem," said Blackburn, elected this month to succeed retiring Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. Major tech companies like Facebook and Google "resisted" the bill and instead favored the FCC's ISP privacy rules, which Congress repealed last year under the Congressional Review Act (see 1704040059). Blackburn encountered resistance to HR-2520 in part because of her role in leading the CRA effort (see 1811290042).