Videos tagged with A2P Messaging

This video clarifies a viral rumor about T-Mobile fining customers for text messages. It explains that the policy, originating from Bandwidth.com, applies to business-to-business (A2P) messaging, not personal peer-to-peer texts. The fines are for violations like phishing, illegal content, and SHAFT (sex, hate, alcohol, firearms, tobacco) related commercial messaging that breaks federal or state laws, primarily impacting businesses, political campaigns, and non-profits.

This video discusses T-Mobile's alleged new terms of service, effective January 1st, 2024, which may impose fines for non-compliant A2P (Application-to-Person) messaging. The fines, ranging from $500 to $2,000 per violation, are reportedly aimed at "non-consumers" (businesses and organizations) and cover categories like phishing, illegal content, and general commercial messaging violations, including those related to firearms. While T-Mobile representatives could neither confirm nor deny the changes, the information is circulating widely on provider sites. The speaker expresses concern that this could lead to censorship of political speech and potentially impact the Second Amendment community's ability to communicate.