The public hearing on LD 946 is about to begin. Follow this thread for updates. #YesOnLD946 #mepolitics
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“As Maine legislators, we all know we cannot wait for Congress to act. LD 946 will fill the gap created by the Congress, restoring control of the most personal and private data to the individual.” - @stacey_guerin, LD 946 co-sponsor.
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"Using the Internet is no longer just a luxury that we can choose not to participate in. The Internet has become a necessity for everything from work to school to paying bills." -@stacey_guerin, LD 946 co-sponsor. #YesOnLD946 #mepolitics
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"A broadband provider sees 100 percent of a customers’ unencrypted Internet traffic...[and can] also see all the encrypted traffic (not content) over their networks." -
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"LD 946 would give consumers control over this wealth of data and would place an affirmative duty on broadband companies to take reasonable measures to secure that data." -
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"When the federal government abdicates its right to protect consumers, the state must step in." -
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“If I don’t like Facebook’s privacy policy, I can use Twitter instead. If I don’t like any of them, I can eschew social media altogether. But if I don’t like the privacy policies of the sole broadband provider in my community...I am out of luck.” -
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We hear time and time again about corporate data breaches, but consider how valuable the data the ISP possesses is...several ISPs, including major national ones, have been breached in the last two years since the repeal of privacy protection at the federal level. -
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"The activities of the Facebooks and the Googles of the world have the collective effect of weakening our individual liberties and eroding our trust in modern communication vehicles." -
@elburnett, founder of@Open_Maine.#YesOnLD946#mepoliticsShow this thread -
"Privacy is essential to the practice of free speech, free thought." -Alisia Revitt, President of
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"Without privacy protections that apply to all consumers, only those few consumers with the tech savvy and financial means to buy privacy will be entitled to it." -
@amarasingham for@ACLUMaine.#YesOnLD946#mepoliticsShow this thread
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