Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by eanzenberg on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:34PM
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Which is absurd. Putting that kind of censorship control in the power of ATT is dangerous. That’s why we have laws and elected officials.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by read_if_gay_ on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:48AM
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That's the point of the analogy. People keeep saying Twitter etc. are private companies and can do whatever they want apparently without realizing how ridiculous it all seems when applied to another business.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by TulliusCicero on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:01AM
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The analogy still doesn't work. AT&T phone service is not a broadcast platform, and phone service is usually a government-granted monopoly that's highly regulated.
There are very obviously plenty of businesses where we'd expect people to cut off hateful organizations from service. I imagine most party caterers wouldn't want to host the KKK, and nobody would think this unreasonable.
Group X that we don't like gets its phone service from AT&T. We know they're conducting their hateful business, fundraising, and coordination over AT&T's service. We need to put pressure on AT&T to cut off their service, or we'll assume that AT&T endorses their message.