(ETH) – A North Idaho internet provider is reportedly blocking Facebook and Twitter from its WIFI service for some customers due to censorship claims. According to the report from a local affiliate, KTVB7,
“Your T1 WIFI” which provides internet services to North Idaho and the Spokane area has decided to block access to Facebook and Twitter to its customers and that the change would go into effect on Wednesday, Jan. 13th. The internet provider claims that the controversial move comes after both Twitter and Facebook banned President Trump from their platforms due to incitement of violence and undermining the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden.
“It has come to our attention that Twitter and Facebook are engaged in the censorship of our customers and information,” an email to customers reads. According to KTVB7, In the email posted to Twitter by a customer, the internet company claims they were fielding calls from customers asking that the service did not display the sites on the internet and that they didn’t want their children to be able to access them.
The company said there were too many customers requesting the websites be blocked at one time, Therefore, the sites would be blocked to all customers except for those who reached out to the company and requested access. “There are too many people that have called for us to do one [customer] at a time so we will be blocking [Facebook and Twitter] and any other website that may also be Censoring (sic) whether it be through an algorithm they use for their site or any other means,” the email reads.
“Our company does not believe a website or social networking site has the authority to censor what you see and post and hide information from you, stop you from seeing what your friends and family are posting,” the email reads. “This is why with the number of concerns, we have made this decision to block these two websites from being accessed from our network.”
