Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan
by busymom0 on Sunday August 04, 2019 @10:44PM
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Telecom companies like AT&T aren't providing "essential service". Being able to call/text someone is not a "essential service". Yet they are not supposed to ban people because they are merely the carrier.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan
by 2bitencryption on Sunday August 04, 2019 @11:24PM
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> Telecom companies like AT&T aren't providing "essential service".
...according to Title II, yes, they absolutely are.
Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan
by snowwrestler on Sunday August 04, 2019 @11:49PM
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The FCC just ruled that Internet service is not a Title II service.
It's not Internet service that's essential: it's phone service - the ability to make emergency phone calls.
Being able to call people is pretty essential in the modern world. That’s why these laws exist and why governments have put so much effort into making these services available to everyone.
The phone company is required to serve you even if they disagree with you not because of some high-minded ideas about free speech, but because it’s considered really important for people to have phone service.