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Agreed - why would social media be treated any differently than disconnecting phone lines or mobile phones during standoffs and negotiations?

• pgrote 10y ago
  Perhaps because it is against the law for local authorities to shut down telecommunications? https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/why-shutting-down-cell-service-not-just-again https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/why-shutting... "More than seventy years ago, Congress made a choice to take that option away from local authorities. It conferred jurisdiction on the FCC and the state Public Utility Commissions to provide oversight, and gave everyone a federally protected right to access the phone network. That right applies to all phone networks, whether wireline or wireless."
  • 0xCMP 10y ago
    But to be fair, in this situation they asked Facebook which is allowed to block/disable any account on their service that they want.
  • williamscales 10y ago
    I would put forward that it is because live-streaming on social media is not the same as using the phone line. When Facebook chose to shut down her account (which is within its rights) then she still had access to the phone line. The federally protected right to access the phone network is unaffected. There is no federal requirement that would require Facebook to only shut down an account after receiving a court order.