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Verizon's reversal on pro-choice messages

DailyKos: Verizon Reverses On Pro-Choice Messages.

"This is right at the heart of the problem," said Susan Crawford, a visiting professor at the University of Michigan law school, referring to the treatment of text messages. "The fact that wireless companies can choose to discriminate is very troubling." ...

"No company should be allowed to censor the message we want to send to people who have asked us to send it to them," Ms. Keenan said. "Regardless of people’s political views, Verizon customers should decide what action to take on their phones. Why does Verizon get to make that choice for them?"

September 28, 2007 at 01:38 AM in Free culture, Washington & public policy | Permalink | Comments (0) | Bookmark this entry on del.icio.us | blog comments on this post (0)

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