FCC will allow Carriers Blocking Political Text Messages While Denying Twilio and Public Knowledge Petitions.

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Public Knowledge requested that the FCC to affirm that text messaging was a “telecommunications service” under Title II of the Communications Act in 2007.
It would have made  it illegal for carriers to block messages like NARAL’s text blocked by Verizon. A similar request was subsequently made again by Twilio in 2015. 
Despite all that Ajit Pai is siding with wireless carriers and declare text messaging a Title I “information service”. On the pretext  that allowing carriers to discriminate will help prevent “unwanted” text messages. I would rather have that capability under my control rather than the Carriers.
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