FCC plan to regulate online privacy exempts social media giants

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The Federal Communications Commission is considering a plan to regulate privacy on the Internet that would exempt social media websites like Twitter and Facebook.

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Under the tentative rules, customers would have the ability to opt in or out of having their information collected and disseminated by Internet service providers for most marketing purposes. However, the rules would not apply to the issues of “government surveillance, encryption, or law enforcement.”

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