Slog - Comments on Political Texts http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts This seems like one of those "First they came for the Jews..." moments. The New York Times reports on Verizon's decision not to carry text messages from Naral Pro-Choice America. The dispute over the Naral messages is a skirmish in the larger battle over the question of “net neutrality” — whether carriers or Internet service providers should have a voice in the content they provide to customers. “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... Copyright 2008 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:13:35 -0800 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:58:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Boomer in NYC Verizon decides to play Big Brother and decide what kind of communication their customers want... Yeah, that's certainly good corporate imaging.

Anybody want to speculate how fast they're going to change their minds? I would guess a day's news cycle should do it.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812922 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:13:17 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai what the fuck

Well, I use Virgin Mobile, so I don't have to worry about censorship or abortions.

no I'm kidding it's really a fucking travesty (also I have had sex, with other people)

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812924 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:19:26 -0800 Comment by whatever That's the NEW AT&T.

]]> whatever http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812926 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:34:12 -0800 Comment by Touring Wow, that is really messed up. Too bad they fixed it so fast. I expect even true conservatives would find this really messed up and scary.

]]> Touring http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812941 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:45:50 -0800 Comment by COMTE Hey, at least AT&T is a union shop.

And clearly Verizon, for whatever reason, has seen the light of day. Yes, it's one thing to block unsolicited messages, but quite another to block messages customers have already agreed to receive.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812971 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c812971 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:29:35 -0800 Comment by Raindog This makes no sense to me. The full article says that only people who "sign up" for the messages receive them. That means if you find the messages offensive then it's your own goddamn fault for signing up to receive them.

It also means that NARAL isn't sending indiscriminate spam texts, which is what I thought when I first read this article.

]]> Raindog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813173 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:02:20 -0800 Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey You don't have to use Verizon or AT&T. You should all think about Helio. They're progressive in their attitudes and pricing and services. And the phones have built-in MySpace. No, really, they're great.

]]> Matt Fuckin' Hickey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813556 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:59:09 -0800 Comment by Issur "First they came for the Jews". Thanks for that reminder Josh. At a time in racist Seattle where we can't even get a menorah in the airport, we must all be vigilant. Never can we forget the Holocaust, and the goyim must see reminders of it ever day.

]]> Issur http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813647 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:35:33 -0800 Comment by Terry Mitchell http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/63251/

]]> Terry Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/political_texts#c813776 Politics Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:58:45 -0800