Some of this stuff happens because providers own unclean hands causes them to mount an inadequate defense. For example, providers should be in the position whe

Some of this stuff happens because providers own unclean hands causes them to mount an inadequate defense. For example, providers should be in the position where they would defend themselves by saying that monitoring their users online activities would be a criminal violation of wiretap law. Unfortunately, providers have taken the ability to monitor users through terms of service provisions so that they can collect data on their users to sell to advertisers, thus diminishing their ability to argue that they're just a dumb pipe.