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If they wish to claim to be a service provider they can't exercise discretion in this way.
by R0b0t1 5y ago
If they wish to claim to be a service provider they can't exercise discretion in this way.
- PeterisP 5y ago> If they wish to claim to be a service provider they can't exercise discretion in this way. Why do you think so? AFAIK there are not any legal requirements for internet service providers to not exercise discretion; they are allowed offer internet service, call themselves a service provider and exercise discretion in this way. This is not a case about common carrier protections, if there was one then perhaps this incident might be used as an argument that they should not apply, but it's debatable whether it would succeed, and in that (whether this discretion would affect their position in some future lawsuits) a legal risk that they can choose to take. They definitely are allowed to exercise some discretion, and as far as I see, the latest FCC rulings since 2017 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/14/the-fcc-is-expected-to-repeal-its-net-neutrality-rules-today-in-a-sweeping-act-of-deregulation/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/12/14...) do not require internet service providers to be neutral at all.