Re:Trump signs executive order targeting protections for soc...
by jeffdavis on Thursday May 28, 2020 @08:31PM
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There's the legality of freedom and the spirit.
I'd be pretty disturbed if an ISP all of a sudden prevented me from contacting wikipedia, or throttled my access to competitors. The ISP is private, but it's not really in the spirit of freedom to do so.
Similarly, if an airline said they won't sell me a ticket because I'm going to a rally for a particular politician. Or if the post office (or fedex) wouldn't carry my letter to the editor because they disagree with my opinion. Or if I couldn't get basic banking, insurance, or other business services because my legal business is politically unpopular.
There also is some legal murkiness because a federal judge ruled that Trump couldn't block people on Twitter[1].
I'd be pretty disturbed if an ISP all of a sudden prevented me from contacting wikipedia, or throttled my access to competitors. The ISP is private, but it's not really in the spirit of freedom to do so.
Similarly, if an airline said they won't sell me a ticket because I'm going to a rally for a particular politician. Or if the post office (or fedex) wouldn't carry my letter to the editor because they disagree with my opinion. Or if I couldn't get basic banking, insurance, or other business services because my legal business is politically unpopular.
There also is some legal murkiness because a federal judge ruled that Trump couldn't block people on Twitter[1].
[1] https://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-twitter-facebo...