Parler

Sun Jan 10 15:58:08 UTC 2021

* web at typo.org (Wayne Bouchard) [Sun 10 Jan 2021, 16:40 CET]:
>On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 04:32:29PM +0100, niels=nanog at bakker.net wrote:
>>* sronan at ronan-online.com (sronan at ronan-online.com) [Sun 10 Jan 2021, 14:46 CET]:
>>>While Amazon is absolutely within their rights to suspend anyone 
>>>they want for violation of their TOS, it does create an 
>>>interesting problem. Amazon is now in the content moderation 
>>>business, which could potentially open them up to liability if 
>>>they fail to suspend any other customer who hosts objectionable 
>>>content.
>>
>>Didn't that ship sail when they booted WikiLeaks off their 
>>platform?
>
>Yeah, pretty much.
>
>See, the real issue here is AUPs which initially were used to make 
>sure users knew that their services could not be used to facilitate 
>illegal things and then used to keep order on the platforms by 
>restricting abusive behavior. However the definition of "abusive" 
>has now been extended so greatly and with constantly changing rules 
>that it's making the statement, effectively, "if we don't like what 
>you say, or if we don't like you or your business, sucks to be you."

It's amazing how far the world has stumbled that "fomenting violent 
insurrection and calling for the murder of elected officials" now 
falls under standard T&Cs against abusive behaviour where this used 
to be perfectly fine a year ago.

(That was sarcasm.)

	-- Niels.