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Maybe they didn't think they needed to. Before a few months ago, you didn't yank someone off your network because you didn't like their politics. (yea yea, ter

by paul_f 6y ago

Maybe they didn't think they needed to. Before a few months ago, you didn't yank someone off your network because you didn't like their politics. (yea yea, terms of service something or other)

4cao 6y ago
> Before a few months ago, you didn't yank someone off your network because you didn't like their politics. AWS dropped WikiLeaks as a customer back in 2010 for political reasons, and apparently this was announced by a US senator even before AWS did so themselves: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/01/wikileaks.amazon/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/12/01/wikileaks.amazon/index....
- zxcvbn4038 6y ago
  Cloudflare and Daily Stormer is another good example. The mistake there was the implication that Cloudflare was endorsing the stormer rather then being a neutral carrier and Cloudflare shut down that idea quickly. I have to applaud them, it’s hard to be neutral in the US, everything is “with us or against us.” People watch too many gangster movies I think.
SirSavary 6y ago
Not that my company will produce anything as controversial as Parler but I now use this example to explain why we go the extra mile with things (e.g. scrubbing headers). Sometimes the worst-case scenario really does come true.