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@LauraLoomer|BREAKING: @TMobile has quietly updated their TOS to include fines for content they don’t agree with. Who knew in America that the phone providers would now be policing the content of your text messages to fine you.
countylocalnews.com ^ | 12/24/23 | Laura Loomer, Egbe Ogu

Posted on 12/26/2023 11:03:50 PM PST by ransomnote

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1 posted on 12/26/2023 11:03:50 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

In a fascist America, this can be expected. In fascism, businesses enforce government policy.


2 posted on 12/26/2023 11:06:55 PM PST by Jonty30 (In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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To: ransomnote

That means, on their system, if you talk about something that doesn’t support liberalism, they will fine you.


3 posted on 12/26/2023 11:07:35 PM PST by Jonty30 (In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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>> In fascism, businesses enforce government policy.

Yup. One of the reasons why I don’t shrink away from the “Christofascist” label. Call me that! Please!

I want all my “business” to enforce the endless government policy of CHRIST.


4 posted on 12/26/2023 11:10:06 PM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: ransomnote

That’s why you need to use the Signal app for texting. It encrypts on both ends.


5 posted on 12/26/2023 11:11:00 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: ransomnote
Im having trouble believing this one.
6 posted on 12/26/2023 11:13:21 PM PST by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: ransomnote

Last summer T-Mobile decided to up-charge their customers 5% if they didn’t give T-Mobile direct bank account debits. At the time, like most, I figured it was a way to avoid losing the 3% associated with credit card charges. Silly me - seems that they wanted direct access to my bank account so that they could pull-out my fines (for this new policy) and then make me fight them to get my money back.

But, as it was, I preferred not to do either (no bank account access, no credit card upcharge), so I dropped them.

Obviously T-Mobile did this at the behest of the US Government, since it clearly did not have a business benefit for them, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the government has already reeled in the other major carriers to this new form of censorship.


7 posted on 12/26/2023 11:14:09 PM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: ransomnote
That would be illegal as a common carrier.

Also, T-Mobile is not a publisher. If they are going to fine "content," then they can also be sued by someone who is offended by content they either miss or choose to allow.

Finally, there is a strong anti-trust argument that T-Mobile is only now in a position to do this due to all the prior mergers in the industry (e.g., Sprint buys Nextel, T-Mobile buys Sprint). Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are the only major players left in the industry.

-PJ

8 posted on 12/26/2023 11:16:04 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: ransomnote

Time to cancel your Tmobile account


9 posted on 12/26/2023 11:28:07 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: ransomnote

Unreal


10 posted on 12/26/2023 11:41:47 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: ransomnote
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 12/24/2023 Vol.483, Q Day 2248,
Michael Protzman 1963-2023
... Protzman’s wife, who was in the midst of divorcing him, told the police that for weeks he had been “not showering or working and believing in government conspiracies.”

... Something, somehow, convinced dozens of his followers to travel to Dallas on Nov. 1, 2021, and join him in Dealey Plaza, where President Kennedy was assassinated nearly 60 years before, and where, Protzman told them, he would reappear the following day, accompanied by his namesake son.

When no resurrection ensued, Protzman led his followers to the venue of a nearby Rolling Stones concert where, he promised, Keith Richards would reveal himself to be J.F.K. Jr. in a mask. When that did not happen, either, they simply stayed in Dallas, taking up residence for months at the Hyatt Regency.

11 posted on 12/26/2023 11:42:28 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Right Brother

Yes, and use a VPN and encrypted email as well. I use Proton for both.


12 posted on 12/26/2023 11:50:53 PM PST by guitar Josh
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To: ransomnote

T-Mobile’s Terms of Conduct:

https://www.t-mobile.com/support/public-files/attachments/T-Mobile%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf

The “T” in T-Mobile stands for the word “turd.” With A.I. they will know how much t-paper you use and if MAGA is written on your t-shirt.


13 posted on 12/27/2023 12:07:03 AM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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So if you send a text saying “cold ain’t it?” they could fine you, I suppose.

Welcome to China.


14 posted on 12/27/2023 12:09:19 AM PST by Peter ODonnell (Prayers up for Jim Robinson and family ... an island of sanity in a sea of madness. )
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It regards businesses sending text messages not end users...it fines text message spammers. A very good thing!

https://support.bandwidth.com/hc/en-us/articles/19939626519575-New-A2P-non-compliance-fees-on-January-1

https://www.t-mobile.com/support/public-files/attachments/T-Mobile%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf


15 posted on 12/27/2023 12:13:10 AM PST by Drago
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Yeah, I’m not surprised. Some of these ‘conservative’ sites are warped and delusional, not to mention hallucinating things that just aren’t there.


16 posted on 12/27/2023 12:30:42 AM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: ransomnote

Well at least they won’t be fining me for texting my drug dealer.


17 posted on 12/27/2023 12:33:35 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Although I still think it’s a good idea to use Signal — which I do. ....at least until end-to-end encryption is made illegal.


18 posted on 12/27/2023 12:34:05 AM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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BTW: all cellular carriers have similar text message anti-SPAM measures in place that follow CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) guidelines:

https://fightingspam.ctia.org

https://support.yotpo.com/docs/shaft-and-prohibited-sms-content-in-sms-marketing

https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/230523-CTIA-Messaging-Principles-and-Best-Practices-FINAL.pdf


19 posted on 12/27/2023 12:48:36 AM PST by Drago
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