Thing is, if you look back on the history of the issue it's a bipartition (though leaning Republican) series of bills that've been introduced by one shill or another. The current administration isn't /as much/ responsible for all of it as this just being another straw in the scarecrow. If you want to spook yourself, though, look at how many positions of power within the government have been handed to people who's entire background is dismantling the protections or regulations of the institutes they're in charge of. The FCC, for example…
The other problem is that it /is/ something that's being talked about in America, but the affects and reach are completely global. Liike so many regulations proposed by governments (Right to be forgotten, for example) these are people trying to apply regional thinking to a global medium. There are already talks about balkanizing the internet (which is to say each country or continent would have its own version of the internet and all that entails) and it remains a very valid concern when you stop to think about all the economic and cultural things that this kind of thinking starts to involve-- it's actually pretty scary and that's /well/ before you get into the tin foil conspiracy bullshit. Just looking at it sensibly and nothing about this screams 'good idea' on any level for /any/ one.
But then, increasingly, we're vilifying, falsifying and surrendering things like sovereignty of information, privacy and scientific progress because people with money say it's a good idea. . . .fighting bad ideas with good ones takes a little education and making an effort. Unfortunately it's also so hard to feel as if your voice matters that many people don't. You have spam bots pumping the FCC's request for comments site with anti net neutrality propaganda and bs:
Sources:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/11/1562 ... -leak-data
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39950399
It's easy to be cynical, but if you ever doubt companies will behave in good faith when there is a profit to be made, I'd encourage you to please consider cases like:
http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2016/1003.html
http://thehill.com/regulation/overnight ... l-sec-rule (In an industry that already has terribly little oversight and voluntary disclosure of accident legislation, this is just sad.)
And a million more.
My point, ultimately, is that while things do look pretty bleak sometimes, nobody likes sunlight shed on their dirty laundry. So do it. Repeat it and education people. It takes work to bullshit someone who's informed and if enough people are informed, they won't let things like this slide. It's a small but important thing.