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   AT&T Is Astroturfing The FCC In Support Of Trump's Dumb Attack On Social   
   Media.   
      
   from the fake-support-for-dumb-ideas dept   
   Thu, Sep 3rd 2020 6:12am - Karl Bode   
      
   We've noted for a long time that telecom giants like Comcast and AT&T   
   have been pushing (quite successfully) for massive deregulation of their   
   own monopolies, while pushing for significant new regulation of the   
   Silicon Valley giants whose ad revenues they've coveted for decades. As   
   such, it wasn't surprising to see AT&T come out with a incredibly dumb   
   blog post this week supporting Trump's legally dubious and hugely   
   problematic executive order targeting social media giants. You know, the   
   plan that not only isn't enforceable by the agencies supposedly tasked   
   with enforcing it (the FCC), but that also risks creating a massive new   
   censorship paradigm across the entire internet.   
      
   https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200902/11074145232/att-is-as   
   roturfing-fcc-support-trumps-dumb-attack-social-media.shtml   
      
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