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

submitted 5 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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[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I just tested this myself between tmo and GV and no censorship here.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

We will need to watch closely because this might be a experiment that only applies to a few people.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I did too, just within TMobile in the US, using the s*** word. Went through just fine.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I texted myself "fuck this" and it went through no problem.

[–] rottenwheel@monero.town 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems to affect VoIP carriers, I reckon.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

GV is a voip carrier.

[–] rottenwheel@monero.town 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The message sending "bad" words came from T-mobile or GV?

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I sent it from my tmo number to my GV number. I can do the inverse as a test too but I don't think anything will change.

[–] rottenwheel@monero.town 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Try it from GV. My hunch is that the filter is set up for outbound SMS that come from VoIP numbers. Reason: both TNO's blog post and jmp.chat reports of censorship stem from Mysudo and jmp.chat users, not regular carriers.

[–] rdyoung@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Just did, again no issue.