#commoncarriers — Public Fediverse posts
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How is this still in question? Let me make this absolutely clear: #CommonCarriers are a military necessity, not a nice to have.
It's needed to #decentralize communication, which is important for times of danger and desperation.
Even if the #US thinks themselves impregnable, they should still do the most #American thing.
Just put fiber everywhere. Pipe one up Washington's nose. Go Texas big.
#FCC and the #broadband industry argue net neutrality’s future - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/31/24284435/fcc-net-neutrality-isp-sixth-circuit-oral-arguments -
#NetNeutrality is about to make a comeback
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will vote to restore net neutrality rules years after the agency voted to repeal them.
#FCC is expected to reclassify internet service providers (#ISP) -- e.g., #broadband companies like #ATT and #Comcast -- as #commoncarriers under Title II of the Communications Act. That classification would open ISPs up to greater oversight by the FCC.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/24/24139307/fcc-vote-net-neutrality-rules-rosenworcel-telecom -
Mon’s oral arguments will mark the 1st time #SCOTUS reviews state #laws declaring that major #SocialMedia companies are “#CommonCarriers,” a designation #conservatives argue should bar platforms from #discriminating against #users based on their #political views.
#ClarenceThomas helped popularize the… once #fringe #legal theory, in a widely cited 2021 opinion …he argued that “some #digital #platforms are sufficiently akin to common carriers … to be regulated in this manner.”
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CW: Long thread/7
E2E wasn't a *law*, it was a *principle*. Principles are useful! They can be embedded in laws (for example, the laws that establish most network providers as #CommonCarriers often include an E2E rule), but just as importantly, they can give us a vocabulary for critiquing or designing services: "Ugh, I won't use that service, it's not end to end," or "How can we make this work in an end to end way?"
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@alcinnz neither did @Wolf480pl ;)
> they could push the blame off onto their sources for those links with some sort of concept of "single point of truth"... which is exactly what #Section230 (and laws like it regulating UGC hosts differently from either #CommonCarriers or publishers) allows them to do :)
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@RandomDamage
This varies greatly from country to country, but in the context of the US (where the #DMCA applies) it's exactly wrong. Platforms for user-generated content are covered by #Section230 of the Communications Decency Act, which specifically says they are *not* liable for what their users upload. But they are also not #CommonCarriers and can moderate (including responding to DMCA requests):
https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/cda-section-230-trump-congress.html
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@RandomDamage so what about corporate #DataFarms like #Reddit? It's complicated, because they're not just a "series of tubes" like teleco companies, domain registrars, or other #CommonCarriers. But they're not just private communities either, more like a VPS host that people run their own inter-connected communities inside. I don't want governments or Twitless dogpile mobs deciding who can and can't get web hosting. That sets a precedent that threatens marginalized groups.
@Wolf480pl