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February 25, 2016
Title: The Future of the FCC
Topic: Government Control
Discussed by Deborah Collier
with Citizens Against Government Waste (www.cagw.org)
Is the way you watch TV about to change? If the FCC has its way, then yes! And
not for the better. What about the internet and our computers? Even cell phones
aren’t safe anymore from the prying eyes of the government.
New guest, Deborah Collier, serves as the Director of Technology and
Telecommunications Policy for Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a
private, non-partisan, non-profit organization representing more than one
million members and supporters nationwide. Deborah specializes in information
technology and telecommunications policy with a primary focus on cloud
computing, IT procurement, information security, data privacy, broadband
spectrum allocations, network neutrality, cable industry issues, e-commerce, and
emerging technologies. Basically, if an issue involves the IT world, she knows
about it.
Deborah is here today to discuss a very serious issue which should concern us
all. In her opinion, the Federal Communications Commission is moving us backward
in the area of cable television. The FCC wishes to use a third party to track
our viewing habits. Yep, that’s right, folks! The FCC wants to be in your living
room. This is all for advertisement purposes.
Let’s put it in this perspective: If you use a smart phone and are active at all
on Facebook or Twitter, when you “check-in” to a place, that “check-in” is
logged into the memory data bank of that social website – and your cell phone!
Have you noticed that lately your Facebook account automatically knows where you
are? Whether it be at home, church, the movies, or a restaurant, your phone is
tracking you. Also, you may have noticed specific ads in your newsfeed based on
what websites you have visited – or even the silly food videos you watch and
save!
That is the same way it will be with your television set. A third party, which
your cable provider hires, will be able to see what shows you watch, what
commercials you watch (before you flip the channel), and when you watch the
shows. Then, advertisements based on the shows and commercials you view will be
shown to you – through your tv set. This is scary, folks. It’s bad enough with
our cell phones. Now they want into our actual homes.
In addition, Deborah reveals that cable costs will need to increase in order to
compensate the third parties doing the advertisement research. So yay! That’s
more good news. [sarcasm]
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