some might conclude that "T-Mobile filters links to right-leaning news outlets.
That conclusion, based on the methodology described, would be wrong, and that should be called out. On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 12:09 PM Hunter Fuller <hf0002+nanog@uah.edu> wrote:
Sure, that's why I said that in my third paragraph.
But once we know that they do, in fact, filter messages, we can understand why it might *seem* like they filter based on political content. For example, if a left-leaning news outlet uses bit.ly URLs, and a right-leaning one uses goo.gl URLs, and T-Mo filters all goo.gl URLs, some might conclude that "T-Mobile filters links to right-leaning news outlets."
-- Hunter Fuller (they) Router Jockey VBH M-1C +1 256 824 5331
Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Network Engineering
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 11:06 AM Tom Beecher <beecher@beecher.cc> wrote:
Spam filtering is clearly not the accusation that was laid out.
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 11:48 AM Hunter Fuller <hf0002+nanog@uah.edu>
I wouldn't call it a serious claim. By their own admission T-Mobile filters messages based on content.
https://community.t-mobile.com/accounts-services-4/can-t-send-receive-texts-...
Now, there is no indication I'm aware of, that it is political in nature. But they do, factually, throw away messages based on their content.
-- Hunter Fuller (they) Router Jockey VBH M-1C +1 256 824 5331
Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Network Engineering
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:46 AM Tom Beecher <beecher@beecher.cc>
wrote:
It's a pretty serious claim to say that cell providers were
selectively not delivering messages based on content.
Unless you have some more concrete evidence beyond "I sent a few
texts" , this list is no place for such things, nor the insinuation of
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:54 AM Ethan O'Toole <telmnstr@757.org>
wrote:
They may tell you they are not but there is no doubt in my mind
if they got caught their response would be “Oopsie, my bad”. -richey
During Covid hysteria cellular carriers were definitly scrubbing text messages that contained things against whatever the agenda was.
There was no errors from the cellular carriers that the message didn't go through, it just never arrived to the destination. Tested it first hand, T-Mobile to Verizon, T-Mobile to AT&T and vice versa. Payload was
wrote: political agendas. they are and links to
a few websites that weren't popular with the left, like that Doctor Robert Malone guy. These were not using URL shorteners that are sometimes considered spam.
- Ethan