When my wife sent me a message saying, "pick up some sea weed," T-Mobile was blocking it. Fortunately, we transitioned to using iMessages, which resolved that problem.
However, I continue to receive various spam and scam messages - but T-Mobile is not blocking them.
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It's quite fascinating, because I come from a country with an actual official government censor's office. But I've never been blocked from accessing a smutty joke comic here. Yet in the US a major mobile provider takes it upon themselves to do so!
Good that no one uses those crappy SMS services and feed those crap carriers more data.
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> It can't be 'because it's federally regulated' because that would literally make it a 1st amendment issue.
seems not intended for individuals but those messages intended for commerce?
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.
How is that even legal...
the drugs are what is illegal, not the messages.
"No, they clearly acknowledge their service is used for crime - they block these other messages."
For bonus points, find a case where blocking the 'weed' message got someone killed. (You order drugs, the guy says 'weed on the way' but you don't get the message so you don't meet him, he thinks it's a setup and gets mad ...)