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T-Mobile USA is being sued for cutting off a message service offering guidance to those seeking legal access to cannabis, despite the service purging itself of references to the evil weed. The company concerned, EZ Texting, is now taking T-Mobile to court on the grounds that a network operator isn't allowed to make moral …

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  1. JaitcH
    Stop

    Cell carriers want it coming and going

    In the U.S.A. cell companies, and their landline counter-parts, are common carriers and therefore protected by law from the content they carry. This also applies to ISP's in that country, which is why it always best to host chat-rooms there - hosting is libel free.

    T-Mobile, therefore. is clearly making a judgement call. Telephone companies give service to anyone with money and therefore T-Mobile should, too.

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    1. Ef'd
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      Tits

      I thought if a courier began filtering anything they would be responsible for everything? As in they'd lose their common courier status.

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  2. Mystic Megabyte
    Happy

    Puff

    4Gs2myplc?

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  3. TeeCee Gold badge
    Coat

    "....times three, 'cos T-Mobile knows what it's doing..."

    Gosh, I hope they don't have to prove in court that T-Mobile knows what it's doing in order to get the 3x multiplier.

    There's a slight dearth of evidence to that effect.....

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  4. Rogerborg

    Easy defence

    But a child could have received the communication! A rich, white child, even!

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  5. Tigra 07

    Isn't the solution obvious?

    Email your local dealer instead of texting him then.

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  6. M Gale

    This is the company...

    ..who by default sets their censorware to "North Korea" until you turn it off. Don't you need to be 18 in order to enter a contract to get a 3G dongle?

    I'm on a borrowed dongle right now, and can't even look at the UK National Lottery without getting a "fuck off, we think you're a child." And yet, I can be corrupted by elReg and numerous other less work-friendly sites with ease!

    God I'm glad I didn't buy this... and never will.

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    1. A J Stiles
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      WTF?

      It's broken. Take it back.

      It's broken. Take it back.

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  7. MacRat

    SPAM

    T-Mobile is blocking spam.

    This isn't about weed. It's about 1 or many spam ads being served by an SMS spam company.

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