Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by sjg007 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:35AM
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Parler signed contracts with AWS, Google, and Amazon. It depends on what is in those contracts. I imagine FAANG has better lawyers than Parler.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by lliamander on Thursday January 14, 2021 @08:07PM
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It looks like Amazon is likely in violation of it's contract with Parler. The contract requires that Amazon notify Parler of any problems and allow a period of time to correct, which Amazon did not do.
There's a not unreasonable chance that Amazon will lose here.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by lliamander on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:59PM
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> It depends on what is in those contracts.
It does in part, yes.
> I imagine FAANG has better lawyers than Parler.
That is by no means a given.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by sjg007 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @09:10PM
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“Every vendor from text message services to email providers to our lawyers all ditched us too on the same day,” Matze said today on Fox News.”
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by lliamander on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:56AM
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Yeah, and looking at some background about the company it looks like they were woefully under-prepared.
But I believe that there are plenty of good right-leaning lawyers who would see fighting this kind of thing as an important long-term survival strategy.
Section 230 protections doesn't apply here either. It does protect against civil suits, but only for good faith attempts at removing illegal content. It's fair to question whether Parler has done a good enough job in that regard. If not, then the appropriate parties should sue Parler to force it to clean up it's act. But there is nothing inherently illegal about Parler, so there is no reason why these platforms deserve protection for thwarting the many perfectly legitimate users on the platform.