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I believe that would be illegal because phone companies are “common carriers”? Not sure if that was true in the 70s.
by tlrobinson 9y ago
I believe that would be illegal because phone companies are “common carriers”? Not sure if that was true in the 70s.
- taneq 9y agoThe implication being that private companies (Google, Facebook, etc.) now fill the role that common carriers did a few decades ago, and that, curiously, they enjoy many of the privileges usually allotted to common carriers (eg. can't be prosecuted for content passing through their networks) without the responsibilities.
- awinder 9y agoIsn’t that fact quickly changing with laws like SESTA? I feel like tech companies have been at forever war against not being afforded common carrier protections in a way phone companies were not, and I wonder if that regulatory uncertainty has led to self-policing & hedging