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AT&T to Help MPAA Filter the Internet?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the real-man-in-the-middle-attack dept.

Save the Internet writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the MPAA is trying to convince major ISPs to do content filtering. Now, merely wanting it is one thing, but the more important point is that 'AT&T has agreed to start filtering content at some mysterious point in the future.' We're left to wonder about the legal implications of that, but given that AT&T already has the ability to wiretap everything for the NSA, it was only a matter of time before they found a way to profit from it, too."

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  1. Fits the pattern by Creamsickle · · Score: 4, Informative

    It fits the pattern we've been seeing from them. Remember, this is the company that pillaged South Africa's economy, rewrote its privacy policy to give itself more leniency, lobbies against net neutrality, and fights open-access wireless.

    And don't forget, they shut down the time service too. Bastards.

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  2. Re:Not surprising by Holi · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well AT&T' s broadband division is completely seperate from its telephone division for this very reason (well probably more than just this reason). ISP's are not afforded common carrier status, the are ESPs or Enhanced Service Providers under FCC regulations and held accountable (well kinda) to a different set of rules.

    I'm sure I've mentioned this before.

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  3. Re:Legal implications: none by thegameiam · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, of course not.

    However, if a member of a law enforcement branch of the government says "this is legal" and it's plausible, I might answer differently.

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