First you spy on me, now you take away free speech? Oh AT&T, what happened to us?
October 1st, 2007
So AT&T is in court over their alleged wire-tapping with the NSA. And apparently since AT&T didn’t feel like they had trampled over your rights enough, they’re now saying you can’t criticize them. In their new Terms of Service, they can immediately terminate or suspend your service for
conduct that AT&T believes… (c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries
So if you post something on your blog that may damage their name (like I probably did recently) then your Internet connection can be cut off. Or if you do a podcast on them and say some unflattering things, no more iPhone service for you.
Oh AT&T, why can’t we be like we used to be? Best of friends… Running through the meadow? I wish things were how they used to be between us…





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