An Internet provider from Northern Idaho – u T1 WIFI – said it had decided to block Facebook and Twitter for some customers, citing censorship claims, per KGW8.
Your T1 WIFI provides internet to Northern Idaho and the greater Spokane, Washington area.
The decision comes after Twitter and Facebook President Donald Trump banned social media platforms following the US Capitol riots.
According to KGW8, the decision could violate the net neutrality law in Washington state. The company said it plans to block Twitter and Facebook because the complaints have been received from customers.
- “It has come to our attention that Twitter and Facebook are censoring our customers and information,” said the company via email to customers.
- “Our company does not believe that a website or social networking site has the authority to censor what you see and post information and hide it from you, to prevent you from seeing what your friends and family are posting,” reads the email. “That’s why we, with so many concerns, decided to block access to these two sites from our network.”
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The company said it did not “approve of what Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook and Apple are doing … to Parler by trying to arm them strongly into submission.”
Brett Fink, the owner of the company, told KREM that websites will only be blocked for those who ask for it.
- “We asked customers to be blocked by it. “This is what the e-mail is about, so no, we are not blocking anyone, but only those who asked for it,” said Fink.