AT&T has realized the over broad (Read: Evil) language in their terms of service in regards to terminating account for “damaging the reputation of AT&T” was anti-user and are removing it from the Terms of Service, it would have been better if they hadn’t added it in the first place, but at least they’re listening to customer (Read: Blogosphere) outrage. So feel free to criticize, poke, prod or any other fun verb AT&T to your hearts content without fear of ban-hammer retribution on your internets.

AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a portion of your Service, any Member ID, electronic mail address, IP address, Universal Resource Locator or domain name used by you, without notice, for conduct that AT&T believes (a) violates the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) constitutes a violation of any law, regulation or tariff (including, without limitation, copyright and intellectual property laws) or a violation of these TOS, or any applicable policies or guidelines, or (c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries.