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Re: Verizon Rejects Messages of Abortion Rights Group -- a try at censurship
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:01:46 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Sam Simon" <ssimon () idi net> Date: September 27, 2007 8:51:19 AM EDT To: <dave () farber net>Subject: RE: [IP] Verizon Rejects Messages of Abortion Rights Group -- a try at censurship
Dave I think your headline is really unfair. What is going on here of course should be an embarrassment to Verizon -- but at the end of the day it is an example of how idiotic and inappropriate Terms of Service -- applied correctly -- have an absurd result, NOT a "try" at censurship. Having said that -- this is in fact reminiscent of many similar issues over time that have arisen when technology changes and adapts. I have not seen the other carriers TOS, apparently they are ahead of the game on this stuff. Do you recall these same debates when 976 services were offered? Verizon is in a "just say no" posture on almost anything non-commercial over the TXT service offering. They mix what I would consider sound policy -- "No alcohol advertising" -- with stupid policy focused only on content -- "txt's that have an agenda." wow. There are always tough questions in these matters, and I suspect you have ACLU in one corner and some of them civil rights groups in the other. Should carriers accept TXT campaigns that involve hate speech? These are not new debates. My guess is that most people in Verizon right now are kicking themselves and trying to move quickly to come up with a modern and reasonable policy. Maybe not one that the ACLU would jump on, but certainly better than what is there now. Sam -----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 8:25 AM To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] Verizon Rejects Messages of Abortion Rights Group -- a try at censurship NATIONAL | September 27, 2007 Verizon Rejects Messages of Abortion Rights Group By ADAM LIPTAK Verizon Wireless denied a request from Naral Pro-Choice America to use its network for a text-message program. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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