Parler

Sun Jan 10 18:50:04 UTC 2021

As with common carriage and net neutrality, the discrimination has to be consistent.

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> On Jan 10, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Haudy Kazemi via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> wrote:
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> Conclusion:
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> Companies are not permitted to discriminate amongst who they will have as a customer on the basis of the racial or sexual orientation (or a number of other bases).
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> Companies are permitted to discriminate amongst who they will have as a customer using other criteria. E.g. "No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service." Customers who disturb other customers can also get "fired" or banned by the company if they're deemed not worth the trouble...but the reason for doing so must not be illegal itself.
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> Companies who are wary of the law may also be particularly concerned about serving customers who are using (or enabling others to use) the goods and services that company offers in ways that may violate the laws of the jurisdiction the company is under. (In some neighborhoods, Home Depot locks up all the spray paint cans, and limits sales to customers, as part of local anti-graffiti measures.)
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> There are parallels in establishing or ending employment...there are certain reasons that provide a legal basis for hiring or not hiring someone, as well as reasons that provide a legal basis for firing someone.
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>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 10:34 Matt Hoppes <mattlists at rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:
>> While I don’t like it - at the end of the day a private company can make a decision to have or not have a customer (unless somehow it’s racial or sexual orientation related apparently). 
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>> Nothing is stopping Parler from spinning up their own servers. They willingly chose to use AWS.
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