Parler

Sun Jan 10 13:42:56 UTC 2021

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. 

When I actively hosted USENET servers, I was repeatedly warned by in-house and external counsel, not to moderate which groups I hosted based on content, less I become responsible for moderating all groups, shouldn’t that same principal apply to platforms like AWS and Twitter? 

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> On Jan 10, 2021, at 3:24 AM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> 
> Anybody looking for a new customer opportunity? It seems Parler is in
> search of a new service provider. Vendors need only provide all the
> proprietary AWS APIs that Parler depends upon to function.
> 
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/
> 
> Regards,
> Bill HErrin