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by anigbrowl 1179 days ago
That's asinine though. It means you're preemptively blocking messages about anything from gardening to local news stories. Blanket keyword keyword filtering is an admission of having no clue, I can't understand why you would defend it. It can't be 'because it's federally regulated' because that would literally make it a 1st amendment issue.
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andrekandre 1179 days ago 

  > It can't be 'because it's federally regulated' because that would literally make it a 1st amendment issue.
thats what i was thinking as well... it seems for the us, its mostly about spam prevention and marketing messages (referred to as SHAFT in the link below)...

seems not intended for individuals but those messages intended for commerce?

https://www.omnisend.com/blog/sms-regulations/

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anigbrowl 1179 days ago
Those guidelines make sense, but they're not just blanket keyword bans.

For example, it would violate their industry standards to send messages like 'Cool your thirst! No-ID beer sales in your area, reply now for $5 off your first 12-pack', sent out as a bulk message. But if I just message you saying 'wanna go for a beer later', it's not a commercial message. These guidelines are to prevent spam that might fall in one of the SHAFT categories, not to police communications between private individuals.

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elliottcarlson 1178 days ago
Completely agree it is asinine, and have no reason to want to defend it. Just sharing the insights I have had with this topic.
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