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Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by elmo2you on Monday September 30, 2019 @02:19PM (#21118175)
More to the point: if you provide a service (or product) to the general public, you have to accept that people will user it as they see fit.

If you want to limit the ways your service (or product) can be used, you can do so by explicitly arranging these limitations through a contract. Things that are already (otherwise) illegal do not have to be included in this arrangement (hopefully for obvious reasons).

Whatever is not explicitly forbidden by either law or contract, are not valid grounds for treating consumers differently.

Sadly, and mostly for historical and cultural reasons (and law enforcers not paying attention for a long time), it is often assumed that these rules do not apply to big service providers (and software producers alike). However, I have never found any legal basis for why such companies should be treated any different than any other one.

Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by idlerboris on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:21AM (#21122526)
So, if they have a line "You're not able to post links to other services in your profile" in the agreement, then everything would be ok?
Re:Instagram Threatened Removal of Verified Status for Posti... by elmo2you on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:03AM (#21124841)
In principle: yes. That is, as long as the agreement is not in violation of other rules/laws. Considering the role a service has in society and its market position, such a rule could e.g. violate anti trust law. But that's a different matter, and up to a court to decide.