Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
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Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#2That sounds like a pretty desperate argument. What proportion of their revenue are they making from selling this data?
Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#3How perverted. They claim that the entity has a right to free speech? And worse, that somehow that entitles them to do as they please? Is Alan Dershowitz behind this?
Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#4That sounds like a pretty desperate argument. What proportion of their revenue are they making from selling this data?
Presumably it's at least enough to keep the legal team gainfully employed.
Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#5The US needs GDPR-equivalent laws ASAP.
Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#6> “Maine's decision to impose unique burdens on ISPs' speech—while ignoring the online and offline businesses that have and use the very same information and for the same and similar purposes as ISPs—represents discrimination between similarly situated speakers that is impermissible under the First Amendment,” the lawsuit claimed.
I agree. The law should apply to everyone, not just ISPs.
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#7I would be fine with that argument if they could get media companies on board with fair use and more limited copyright again. At least that would be consistent logic, but that won't happen.
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#8Sounds like I have an equal first amendment right to publicly expose the personal cell phone numbers and home addresses of every lawyer, corporate executive, and lobbyist who think this is a good idea.
Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#9That sounds like a pretty desperate argument. What proportion of their revenue are they making from selling this data?
I previously worked under the umbrella of a major Canadian telecom (though in their media arm—radio, publishing, television).
I'd heard they gathered a large amount of data, but more to do with the trend of just hoovering up every bit possible and store it in their data lakes.
My understanding at the time is they had no idea what to do with it.
Some of these initiatives could be rooted in little more than some manager wanting to stamp `mined data lake using machine learning and AI to generate $(x) in $(m)`. It doesn't have to actually mean anything.
That said, maybe they've discovered a route to more revenue, hence the push.
edit: Should clarify this was in Canada when the linked article is about the US.
Re: Telecoms say they have a First Amendment right to sell private data
#10Sure. Just get the corporate entity to say a single word. No representatives. No notes. No proxies. No robots. No automated voices. The actual corporate legal entity. Not even the CEO. No clever stand-ins with same name.
Just one mouthed, audible word to confirm the entity can qualify for speech. Then we can consider "free speech" for that entity.
I can only dream this would hold up even as I know there are likely dozens of loopholes to render it irrelevant. Not to mention specific exceptions and allowances already in law.