Chattanoogan Adam McElhaney wants to know what U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan does when he logs onto his computer and surfs the web.
And he’s raised more than $200,000 to find out.
McElhaney is a web privacy advocate, and he was upset after Republicans in Congress struck down an Obama administration regulation to prevent internet service providers (ISPs) from selling their customers’ browsing his histories without their permission. He was upset enough, in fact, he started a campaign on GoFundMe.com to raise $10,000 to purchase the browsing history of Ryan, leader of the Republican majority.
As of Sunday afternoon, 12,835 people had donated $201,389 to McElhaney’s campaign.
“I plan on purchasing the internet histories of all legislators, congressmen, executives, and their families,” McElhaney said in his fundraising pitch. “Help me raise money to buy the histories of those who took away your right to privacy.”