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asourcefamiliarwiththematter | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If you're selling relay hosting as a service, then yes
  
If your revenue stream is something else (or charitable), then no
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Hazey | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Even common carriers do some censorship, for example they filter spam. So where is the line the drawn?
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asourcefamiliarwiththematter | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't see how you can draw the line at anything other than "does not filter" vs "does filter" if you're trying to be consistent (which the law purportedly is)
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Hazey | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Actually I am not sure if common carriers filter spam. Anyeays, social media or any other type of platform cannot possibly be called a common carrier, as there is a pretty clear distinction between displaying content versus providing the pipes over which content travels.