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Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#341
To people frustrated by this move, I’m genuinely curious if you’d be equally frustrated if this was the booting off Amazon of a forum used in part (but not exclusively) to recruit ISIS members.

Edit: I’d also love to hear if you were equally frustrated when ISIS and their recruitment efforts were banned from Twitter.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#342
Nice website you got there. It would be a shame if some anonymous trolls posted more illegal content than your moderators could handle, and forced you off of every platform. You're in luck, we provide an online troll protection service. For a monthly fee, we'll make sure that trolls don't bother you.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#343

Where do we draw the line on how we censor the internet? Obviously actual terrorist group sites can and should be taken down, but this feels like it's getting more murky than that. - Should we be okay with Facebook censoring these groups? - Should we be okay with Google censoring search results? - Should we be okay with Apple censoring apps? - Should we be okay with AWS censoring websites? - Should we be okay with Go…

Where do we draw the line on Infrastructure regulation?

The network, the platform-provider, the platform?

There is precedent for regulating the network. And Parler can run it's own server . I think there is enough competition in the platform space to allow platforms to regulate themselves.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#344
To all the HN users drawing a false equivalency between Parler and Twitter checkout /r/parlerwatch . There is a significant difference between the average severity, duration, and support, for posts that suggest, encourage, and especially plan, domestic terrorism.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#345

People on the left are mistaken if they think this is going to help. Someone somewhere in the country will plot something. We are playing with fire with these type of restrictions, root causes are not being solved. 75 million people voted for Donald Trump.

74* million people didn't endorse a violent mob attacking the capital, or Trump's attempts to overthrow democracy after his loss.

I'm on "the right", and I want all platforms calling for violence and revolution gone. You if (we) ever want to win another election again, disowning the violence and extremism is step one.

Or are you owning the mob that stormed the capital?

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#346

Where do we draw the line on how we censor the internet? Obviously actual terrorist group sites can and should be taken down, but this feels like it's getting more murky than that. - Should we be okay with Facebook censoring these groups? - Should we be okay with Google censoring search results? - Should we be okay with Apple censoring apps? - Should we be okay with AWS censoring websites? - Should we be okay with Go…

Seems like free speech was tolerated until it began threatening the republic to me. There are some interesting questions with the power of companies but those questions existed long before this. Uncharted territory.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

#350

When Egyptian government turns off internet during a revolution, we call them tyrants and celebrate Twitter for allowing people to communicate freely. Yet, when US turns off a side of an argument the marginally elected majority disagrees with, we praise it. Everything is fine...

To be on a tech site and say US == Amazon is basically trolling.
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