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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by spoonjim on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:34PM (#25709305)
They do have a responsibility to allow customers to migrate in reasonable time frames. This move tells every other AWS customer: “be ready to move at a moments notice.” That’s not a good thing for AWS.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by erentz on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:48PM (#25709527)
It says more: “don’t get caught providing a service for terrorists organizing violent acts”... AWS doesn’t want your business. Neither does anyone else. Nor do they want to be legally liable in any way. So if you’re in that business you probably should not host on US based providers of any kind.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by x86_64Ubuntu on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:17PM (#25709895)
The funny thing is that HN wants to get rid of Section 230, yet when these services dispense rhetoric that might bite them in the ass, HN gets upset.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by grzm on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:21PM (#25709935)
> "The funny thing is that HN wants"

HN doesn't want anything. Or if it does, you—as a member of HN—want it, too. If you're going to grant an exception to yourself, grant it to others here, as well.

HN is a huge community of humans. Those that post things on what you perceive as arguing one position are probably not the same ones you're seeing arguing the opposite. And even if they are, humans are well known for inconsistency.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by x86_64Ubuntu on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:40PM (#25710158)
I'm not going to sit here and pretend for the sake of other's comfort that 230 Repeal isn't the majority opinion in this site.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by grzm on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:33AM (#25710766)
We tend to remember things that catch our attention over things that we think are normal, which can bias us to believe there's a higher number of voices against us than there actually are.

That's not to say that perhaps there's not a majority, but I don't think we can assess that without some real numbers. Do you have those? If so, what was your methodology?

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by voldemort1968 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:42PM (#25709427)
...If you welcome organized violence at a national scale
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by bitlax on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:03PM (#25709723)
Oh so basically every Democrat in 2020.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by faitswulff on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:42PM (#25709434)
Most customers will probably be insulated from these kinds of decisions due to not hosting hate speech and calls for violence.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by Mountain_Skies on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:46PM (#25709489)
As long as those definitions never change, which of course they constantly do. By today's standards, the wildly popular TV show 'Friends' is full of hate speech. Who knows what will be considered hate speech tomorrow.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by pixl97 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:09PM (#25709801)
Well, the bar seems pretty high at

"Your users committed an act of insurrection against the current legitimate democratic government"

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by megous on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:27PM (#25710027)
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by pixl97 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:59PM (#25710379)
I don't personally use FB for a multitude of reasons.

But they are self hosted, so AWS isn't going to be banning them any time soon.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by bduerst on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:57PM (#25710359)
>Whatabout Facebook

Facebook doesn't use AWS, and at least attempts to moderate calls to violence.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by megous on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:29AM (#25710719)
> "Your users committed an act of insurrection against the current legitimate democratic government"

If this is the bar, then it was met by a coup attempt organized on whatsapp in 2016. There's nothing whatabout about it.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ungamed on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:58PM (#25709665)
Everything,

Everything will eventually be considered hate speech. Every idea is offensive to someone.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ed25519FUUU on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:55PM (#25709619)
Have you seen the Office? Absolutely packed with harmful hate speech and violent tropes.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ttul on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:43PM (#25709442)
Chances are, Parler has had numerous warnings. AWS would not spring this on a customer without forewarning.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by propogandist on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:00PM (#25709696)
this is from left wing cancel culture organizations rallying to shutdown the platform where conservative audiences were migrating. Like Apple, Google and others, this is a coordinate effort to quickly silence opposing voices.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ed25519FUUU on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:54PM (#25709608)
Well Jan 6th was 3 days ago.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ttul on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:06PM (#25719055)
Yes, but how many warnings did they receive before January 6th?