More clarity on what they are getting banned from.
> "Blocking in Skype can occur in response to suspected fraudulent activity," they said, without elaborating.
If a major tech company bans a particular group, how would we even know?
There's no certificate transparency for groups, to prevent targeted abuse that's still minor on a total scale.
I think it's past time to end our laissez faire approach to regulating Big Tech.
"The bans might be tied to requests from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, limiting what Microsoft can say potentially."
The reason for this could be evidence that Hamas is using Skype to protect the security and anonymity of some of its.. less-accessible?.. members.
Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40935971
who knows on what terrorist watch list those numbers may happen to be.