Free Internet Is NOT For Porn — And Isn’t Broadband Access

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[Commentary] LinkNYC decided to install filters to block porn sites. Free access sites can block porn (or otherwise filter) no problem. Indeed, as others have observed in the past, free access sites (like coffee houses or libraries) do not count as broadband Internet access providers and free Internet access is not Title II broadband Internet access service (BIAS). The Communications Act defines a “telecommunications service” as “the offering of telecommunications for a fee to the public.”


Free Internet Is NOT For Porn — And Isn’t Broadband Access