Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by tw04 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:34PM
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>Technically, Parlor the company didn't do anything you mentioned? They failed to moderate - but I mean, so has Facebook? So has the comment section of my old blog from 2001?
What does Facebook have to do with the current discussion? Facebook isn't hosted on Amazon.
>Taken one step further, what is the difference between Parlor and AWS in this case - technically speaking, the calls for violence were on AWS's platform after all...
I guess I don't understand what you're getting at. It was indeed on AWS's platform. As part of hosting content on AWS you agree to not allow content calling for violence against others. They failed to moderate their users, so Amazon is moderating them.
What does Facebook have to do with the current discussion? Facebook isn't hosted on Amazon.
>Taken one step further, what is the difference between Parlor and AWS in this case - technically speaking, the calls for violence were on AWS's platform after all...
I guess I don't understand what you're getting at. It was indeed on AWS's platform. As part of hosting content on AWS you agree to not allow content calling for violence against others. They failed to moderate their users, so Amazon is moderating them.