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Re:Parler social network sues Amazon for pulling support by pjc50 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:48AM (#25745051)
> They should report these actions to the police and they will investigate

They don't. The volume of death threats on the internet is far too high for that. Death threats are a routine part of internet discourse - except where deleted by moderators.

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Re:Parler social network sues Amazon for pulling support by crististm on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:56AM (#25745144)
Would you think that moderators are hiding evidence for murder threats by deleting posts?
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Re:Parler social network sues Amazon for pulling support by pjc50 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:58AM (#25745161)
Quite often these systems are "immutable" and the post is available to the admins if required. This was found in the Parler hack, for example.

The question is kind of moot because the police don't ask for evidence and don't pursue these cases. Can you dig up a case where the police made this argument?

Edit: oh the hilarity, here's the same discussion 22 years previously on the "decentralised" system USENET: https://www.wired.com/1998/03/canceling-the-evidence-on-usen...

I believe AOL lived to cancel again.

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