Disappointing read from someone I trust.
Wu only considers the nature of common carrier from the perspective of those wishing to broadcast messages. Yes, like rail or telephones, people ought have access to a utility that cannot discriminate against them.
But far more messages are read than written. Vastly more. And the people on the receiving end have, in my view, some rights to have their expressivity desires matched & met. Just because someone wants to send messages at my, has access to a carrier of messages to me, doesn't mean I want those messages.
I want companies able to curate, sort, filter, prioritize the things coming at me (I also want to diy that too). These feel like speech rights I also have, the freedom to walk away, to not listen, that Wu is proposing should be stripped to satisfy the broadcaster's desires.
Wu only considers the nature of common carrier from the perspective of those wishing to broadcast messages. Yes, like rail or telephones, people ought have access to a utility that cannot discriminate against them.
But far more messages are read than written. Vastly more. And the people on the receiving end have, in my view, some rights to have their expressivity desires matched & met. Just because someone wants to send messages at my, has access to a carrier of messages to me, doesn't mean I want those messages.
I want companies able to curate, sort, filter, prioritize the things coming at me (I also want to diy that too). These feel like speech rights I also have, the freedom to walk away, to not listen, that Wu is proposing should be stripped to satisfy the broadcaster's desires.