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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by moralestapia on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:04AM (#25729771)
Can you provide (or estimate) numbers on that?

And also, what is the threshold for deciding which platform is on one side or another?

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by eejit_compiler on Monday January 11, 2021 @10:21AM (#25730060)
The threshold is if the management at Amazon etc. feel that it would generate too much bad publicity and/or potential legal liability for them to provide service to an organization mired in such controversy.
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by Schiendelman on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:41AM (#25746699)
That’s a perfectly reasonable reason for a business to do something.
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