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> Parler was a hate site Have you seen Twitter, Reddit? It's filled with hate, conspiracy, radicalization and racism. It's astounding how quickly people fall
by f430 6y ago
> Parler was a hate site
Have you seen Twitter, Reddit? It's filled with hate, conspiracy, radicalization and racism.
It's astounding how quickly people fall back to their dfault political leanings and stop being objective.
If they can do this to Parler citing politically motivated excuse to shut them down, what stops your company from getting booted off the internet because some of your users posted "lets blow stuff up"?
This sets a dangerous precedent going forward and it affects all of us regardless of your political spectrum. I get that AWS is an independent commercial entity that has its own terms but do you realize the problem of trusting billionaires and their monopoly to always do the right thing?
Tomorrow, the currents might change, and it could be you too.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist....
- zmmmmm 6y agoThat's where I think people are missing the point to some extent. I'm taking on good faith what was reported by these companies - but their statements claimed they observed actual concrete planning to organise actual violence and further insurrection. Stopping speech is one thing. But the claim is it is not the speech they are worried about, it is the violence. The infrastructure is being used for more than speech. Removing the infrastructure is being done to impede those larger effects. Does it change the flavor if I rewrite the phrase as First they came for the murderers and I did not speak out ... ?
- f430 6y agoFacebook and Twitter has been used to organize violence and overthrow governments too.
- zmmmmm 6y agoI don't think an argument of consistency really works here. Sure that has happened. And possibly in those countries they suffered consequences for their part in that. That does not mean they should not apply those principles in the US, in this instance. All these things are context specific, driven by judgement taking into account the whole circumstances.
- f430 6y agoIt kills the argument that Parler is exclusively used for organizing violence although the insurrection part is where they will have a lot of trouble with specifically because they chose the worst possible place.
- DarmokJalad1701 6y agoThe problem is not that that's what it is "exclusively used for". The problem is that AWS asked them to moderate/remove content inciting/planning rape, torture and assassination of named public officials and others and Parler refused to do so.