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Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc

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Re: Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc

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"Friday night one of the top trending tweets on Twitter was 'Hang Mike Pence.' But AWS has no plans nor has it made any threats to suspend Twitter’s account." Is this true?

If you google it, it depends on the bias of the sources. One side is saying twitter let it trend. But twitter also removed the hashtag once it started trending. Unsurprisingly, this goes unmentioned on sources claiming it was "allowed" to trend.

Re: Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc

#22

This coordinated banning of a service by Silicon Valley is indicative of collusion between these giant monopolies. If the Justice Department does not go after these companies for antitrust, we don't have a Justice Department.

If there was some action that happened that made them all independently realize their liability, forcing them to act in similar matters, then it need not be collusion.

Users have no more legal right to act on these platforms against TOS than I do to camp on our property.

And, since there are plenty of other hosts and platforms besides these few, it will incredibly difficult to claim anti-trust.

Re: Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc

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This complaint alleges that AWS is shutting down Parler for the benefit of Twitter. That seems like a stretch, does AWS really have an interest in Twitter succeeding above any other social network, especially when both run on AWS?

Re: Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc

#26

"Friday night one of the top trending tweets on Twitter was 'Hang Mike Pence.' But AWS has no plans nor has it made any threats to suspend Twitter’s account." Is this true?

It's worth noting that the "Hang Mike Pence" tweets were a reference to what the rioters were chanting when they stormed the Capitol.

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#28

"Friday night one of the top trending tweets on Twitter was 'Hang Mike Pence.' But AWS has no plans nor has it made any threats to suspend Twitter’s account." Is this true?

Most were probably referring to the videos of MAGA terrorists chanting "Hang Mike Pence"

Re: Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc

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"Friday night one of the top trending tweets on Twitter was 'Hang Mike Pence.' But AWS has no plans nor has it made any threats to suspend Twitter’s account." Is this true?

It is true. The difference is Twitter took action and removed offending posts, and removed it from the trending list.

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