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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by sn_master on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:45PM (#25735223)
Look at their growth curve, they weren't planning from the beginning on that. I am sure they would have gone with their own DC if they did.

The legislative and judicial system didn't say anything about Parler, and that's the core of the problem. Big tech acted by themselves to appease the new king.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by pixl97 on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:47PM (#25735281)
Which is both their right and prerogative. Fascists aren't a protected class.
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by sn_master on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:58PM (#25735509)
In this Great country, everyone is a "protected class" unless a court determines otherwise. It is their "right" to kick anyone off because of their overly broad Terms and Conditions, but they have no right to label anyone as a criminal.
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by MartinCron on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:46PM (#25736519)
You have the notion of “protected class” backwards. Everyone in this country has the right to equal protection under the law, but private companies are allowed to discriminate except in cases of protected class.

AWS can say “we don’t want Parler as a customer” but they cannot say “we don’t serve black people on our platform” as race is a protected class while being Parler is not.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by sn_master on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:15AM (#25747909)
No one said AWS did something illegal. Any company can do anything given how Terms and Conditions are written. Doesn't make that immune from discussion tho on their ethical side.
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