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Telecommunications company AT&T updated its terms of service for its DSL
customers recently with an interesting addition: the company will now
suspend the accounts of those who talk badly of it. The new line reads that
service may be suspended if a customer's comments "tends to damage the name
or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries."
Customers may find the move somewhat troubling, especially considering the
telecom's involvement in the warrantless wiretapping scandal that rocked the
Bush adminstration in 2005. While the company tried to play down its
involvement, it also altered its privacy policy to try to claim ownership
over the personal information that customers provide to it. AT&T had no
immediate comment on the change to its policies.
Links to current terms of service at link above.
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