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A Rising Enforcement of Censorship (blog.thenewoil.org)

submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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In recent weeks, I’ve noticed a rise in censorship regarding SMS communication that’s not being discussed. At all. I’m concerned that it may become a slippery slope that eventually effects us all. I don’t have any dramatic, prose-ridden introduction this week. Just some news, facts, and observations I wanted to share. So this week, follow me down the rabbit hole as I explore an existing but rising threat to our free speech and what we can do about it.

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[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hold on here is this really true?

I think if texts are failing to send because of swearing this would be headline news as it would affect so many people.

[–] thegreekgeek@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sort of? It looks like this is unique to SMS over VOIP. Which don't get me wrong, it's still fucking stupid. But maybe, just maybe there's a middle ground between getting inundated in robocallers trying to reach us about our cars extended warranty and not being able to send the word Scunthorpe over SMS.

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

After my 5 seconds of research, it seems like those SHAFT rules are more for marketing campaigns when your sending out sms messages on mass. Not for Bob and Susan talking about the latest politics. Not sure why OP is getting limited. I can swear over my Google Voice message and I don't have any issues. I am pretty sure that is SMS over VIOP.

[–] thegreekgeek@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

I can too, which is what gets me. Honestly after I think it might boil down to how far removed your provider is from directly getting the number from the FCC(or how trigger happy the entity they're getting the number from). Also possibly if it's considered a landline or mobile number, it looks like those are distributed differently.