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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">That's my understanding as well, from
years of hosting email lists. As soon as one starts moderating,
the rules change, and immunity goes away.<br>
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It's one of my issues with the whole notion of rules-of-conduct on
email lists - particularly when folks get on my case for not
"moderating" language that some individual or other finds
offensive (like not using requested pronouns). Some folks get
REALLY irate when I refuse to play thought police - and it seems
particularly bad when the issue is a minor one. I've almost
gotten to the point of imposing a policy of "the only grounds for
moderation or expulsion from this list are repeated complaints
about the list host's lack of moderation."<br>
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Sigh...<br>
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Miles Fidelman<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sronan@ronan-online.com">sronan@ronan-online.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">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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<pre wrap="">On Jan 10, 2021, at 3:24 AM, William Herrin <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bill@herrin.us"><bill@herrin.us></a> 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.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/</a>
Regards,
Bill HErrin
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
Theory is when you know everything but nothing works.
Practice is when everything works but no one knows why.
In our lab, theory and practice are combined:
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