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by kldaace 3593 days ago
It actually may, and this is something being debated in the courts.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2016/07/28/judge-first-amendment-pr...

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If Google and Apple were only participating to throw their around their weight as lobbyists to pass a new law -- similar to what Arkansas legislature tried to do, it might be a First Amendment debate.

However, a key sentence from the article was:

"concrete plans to accelerate the development and adoption of new tools and solutions,"

The "new tools" doesn't sound like crafting a law for a court to strike down but new technology to empower users to block the nuisance calls.