Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by jewelthief91 on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:28PM (#17730484)

What makes them private? They're operated on the phone company's lines and by talking on their lines you're compelling them to carry certain speech. The logic that states private communication carriers have an unlimited right to ban what they want to on their networks leads to the conclusion that "private" phone calls can be censored.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by xfer on Friday August 10, 2018 @01:19AM (#17730870)

> What makes them private?

The law. Wire-tapping isn't legal.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by jewelthief91 on Friday August 10, 2018 @01:12PM (#17735090)

It isn't wire-tapping if they block you from accessing the wire to begin with. Forcing the phone companies to carry your speech over their wires is compelling speech across their property which should be against their 1A rights if you're correct. However, it clearly has been ruled not to violate their rights.

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by dsfafsdaf on Friday August 10, 2018 @07:40AM (#17732403)

Yes it is.

I mean, there's a law against it. But there is a lot of known warrent-less wire-tapping, both by govt and industry, and everyone shrugs.

And it's not even a de jure vs de facto thing, since by now a lot of the ostensibly illegal stuff has been either defended successfully in courts or buttressed by the govt.

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