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common carrier

NOUN
transport or telecommunications company
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That if you want your voice heard, Twitter is really the only game in town, and so it has become a common carrier.

From Slate • Sep. 27, 2022

We cannot stress this enough: No, an Ohio judge did not declare Google a common carrier this week.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2022

Florida and Texas are both, to some extent, relying on the common carrier argument.

From The Verge • Dec. 16, 2021

If Google is declared a common carrier, the average web user’s experience of search would, for the most part, remain the same.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

A sleeping car company operating in connection with ordinary trains is not a common carrier, nor an innkeeper as to the baggage of a passenger.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney



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