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Your constitutional protections are protections from the government, not businesses.
by kingbirdy 8y ago
Your constitutional protections are protections from the government, not businesses.
- blattimwind 8y agoThis isn't necessarily true. E.g. the fourth amendment applies, according to precedent, to communications service providers in at least some capacity.
- wahern 8y agoIn their capacity as agents of the government.
- craftyguy 8y agoIs the line a bit fuzzy though because most ISPs in the US are government-sanctioned monopolies?
- erikpukinskis 8y agoAre you sure?
- craftyguy 8y agoNo, that's why I'm asking... Not every question on the internet is a thinly veiled attempt to make a statement!
- justwalt 8y agoI find this unique trait of the Internet tiresome at times. I’d prefer not to feel like I have to include a disclaimer on a question comment to avoid coming off hostile.
- carapace 8y agoC'mon man, there's no voice-tone in text! ;-)
- erikpukinskis 8y agoI meant the bit that most ISPs are government sanctioned monopolies. I thought you were stating that as fact, within your larger question.
- seandougall 8y agoSeems unlikely. Almost all of those examples are things you can do without Internet access at all, using phone or snail mail. (The one exception is running an online business, but AFAIK that is not specifically constitutionally protected.) You can also get Internet access through other means, even if it's less convenient and/or more expensive. There might be a government-sanctioned monopoly on cable, but at least around here, there's also DSL, satellite, cellular data, dial-up, and even third-party fiber. Granted, not every place has all those options, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a place in the US where you can't access at least one.
- behringer 8y agoBut in this case they were blocked due to government regulation.