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by kinkrtyavimoodh 3062 days ago
People upset with CloudFlare are not asking CloudFlare to set up policy instead.

They are saying CloudFlare should behave like a common carrier and NOT have any policy to begin with.

But Cloudflare already lost that privilege. And now the Common Carrier Chickens are coming home to roost.
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matt4077 3061 days ago
"Common Carrier" status is granted by the FCC to certain communication companies. It is not something acquired by (not) acting in a certain way. Example: You can't just run the mafia's books and "I'm a common-carrier accountant; I don't get involved in my customers' business".
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dogma1138 3061 days ago
Common carrier is a legal concept which goes way beyond Title 2.

Public transport is a common carrier in the US oil and gas pipelines are also common carriers they don’t ask the FCC to classify them as such.

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