> Is the difference that the messages are private rather than public? 100%. Absolutely. > We don't expect telco's to create filters or to independently moder

> Is the difference that the messages are private rather than public? 100%. Absolutely. > We don't expect telco's to create filters or to independently moderate or to block the content of phone calls or SMS messages and basically legal mechanisms must be used to trigger any action against a subscriber. I realize that this is largely due to the legal framework of a "common carrier". Not only do we not expect it, but the more privacy-oriented people expect it to not even be possible, and use things like end-to-end encryption that make it impossible for the carrier to know what the messages contain.