Sorenson Communications asked the FCC to put on hold part of a No...
Sorenson Communications asked the FCC to put on hold part of a Nov. 19 ban on contact by providers of telecommunications relay services with users. Sorenson, a video relay service provider, said the ban violates First Amendment protections of…
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free speech. The company said if the commission doesn’t act on its request by Feb. 11, it will seek a stay in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, where Sorenson has filed an appeal. The company said it doesn’t object to the FCC goal of keeping providers from using “improper financial or similar incentives to stimulate TRS demand.” But the ban in paragraphs 95 and 96 of the order goes “beyond these issues and restricts all TRS providers’ contacts with their users.”