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Comment Re:This is the part which is wrong (Score 0) 292

They are not, they are contract carriers, as indicted by you needing a contract with them to just have an account. Outside of chosing to be common carriers sometimes congress can force companies to become common carriers (see ATT) but they
1) need an actual good cause
2) it must be the least restrictive means (to limit the rights of the owners) to accomplish the cause

The law can make ISPs be common carriers because they are telecoms, apps are information services not telecoms so they cannot be forced into it under the current law and there is little indication that forcing apps to be common carriers would not violate the constitution.

Comment Re:Judgicial activism (Score 1) 254

Public telephones were a public utility because they had government issued monopolies and/or massive cost barriers to entry. That is not the case with social media companies were there are no monopolies and anyone can create one. The internet as a utility sure, but not social media. In addition making them a utility will not do away with their first amendment rights.

Comment Re:Goddamnit (Score 1) 79

I dont understand your point. In fact this ruling is opposite of all that. What you are wanting to do is throw the baby out with the bath water and making violating AUPs a felony just so a cop can be punished, when there are better ways to punish that cop for his actions other than an overly vague and broad law that criminalizes accessing twitter from a work computer.

Sure a bad cop got off , but think of all those non-elites the law NOW cannot affect.

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