do we know what laws apply to Parler

Mon Jan 11 02:34:07 UTC 2021

In article <2ab9a074-bb67-4e75-1db1-2c7fff87f0c8 at rollernet.us> you write:
>On 1/10/21 4:00 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
>> sronan at ronan-online.com <sronan at ronan-online.com>:
>>> 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?
>> 
>> Yes, it would.  This was an astonnishingly stupid move on AWS's part;
>> I'm prett sure their counsel was not conmsulted.
>
>Surely everyone on this list, purportedly a network operators list, has 
>to have at least heard of 47 USC Section 230... right?

Unfortunately, you appear to be wildly overoptimistic.