Republican lawmakers in the Senate approved a measure designed to kill federal broadband-privacy protections and allow internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon to sell your sensitive private information to the highest bidder.

The Republican vote to roll back privacy protections is slammed by consumer advocates.

The Senate voted Thursday to make it easier for internet service providers to share sensitive information about their customers, a first step in overturning landmark privacy rules that consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers view as crucial protections in the digital age.

ISP now stands for "invading subscriber privacy," Democratic senator says.

Children, parents and the Cat in the Hat headed to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to urge lawmakers to support public television.

During a recent public hearing convened by the Assembly Budget Committee, Mike Rispoli, a former statehouse reporter, asked lawmakers to consider establishing a news consortium using $100 million from the anticipated auction proceeds.

Petitions with more than 660,000 signatures to save CPB funding will be presented to Congress Tuesday morning after a rally for parents and kids near the Capitol. The event is sponsored by five advocacy organizations, including the progressive hub MoveOn.org, media reformer Free Press and ParentsTogether Action.

The future looks grim for digital privacy and the open internet in the United States. Thankfully, there are people who have long been in the fight and are taking active steps to help safeguard our digital rights.

New Jersey auctioned off a public treasure — several of its public-TV stations — for possibly hundreds of millions of dollars, with little public debate or any idea of what the governor plans to do with the money. But it's not too late to seize this moment and use this money to transform New Jersey into the national leader in digital public media, local journalism and civic technology.

Trumpism is slowly taking hold on your phone and computer as newly installed federal regulators begin chipping away at hard-fought protections on privacy and competition.