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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by sterlind on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:21PM (#25735979)
the damning thing for Parler though is that they didn't remove those posts - which I remind you are illegal because they unambiguously incite violence - after AWS reported them. there is no excuse for Parler not to have removed those posts. they chose to ride or die with their jury moderation system, and died.

this isn't a 1A issue. incitement to violence is not protected by 1A - that's been settled by the Supreme Court. that's why I have no sympathy for Parler's plight. also note that they're not protected by section 230 - these posts are a criminal offense, akin to not removing child porn.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by Closi on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:24PM (#25737324)
I know there is a subtlety here and I might be being pedantic, but I don't think it's illegal to host illegal speech.

And I don't think there is a legal obligation to censor other people's illegal speech.

And if it was, the buzzfeed article is presumably illegal too for hosting the same speech?

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