> > 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+na...@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 <beec...@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+na...@uah.edu> > wrote: > >> > >> 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-that-contain-goo-gl-7776 > >> > >> 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 <beec...@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 > political agendas. > >> > > >> > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:54 AM Ethan O'Toole <telmn...@757.org> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > They may tell you they are not but there is no doubt in my mind > they are and > >> >> > 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 > 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 >
