Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler • Hacker News Board

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by solipsism » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:37 AM UTC

awak3ning wrote: post #552

Zzz

Putting aside the fact that I have no clue what you mean when you say "YouTube and FaceBook's compute resources on AWS" (Google and Facebook have their own datacenters), Google and Facebook have robust content moderation policies/procedures. That alone explains why "the same pretenses" wouldn't apply.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by pixl97 » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:37 AM UTC

peytn wrote: post #558

I do not support this action. Public safety concerns should route through law enforcement, not AWS.

Amazon can freely choose to do business with whomever they choose to. They have no legal carrier responsibility to host hate speech with violent calls to action if they choose not to do so.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by wpietri » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:37 AM UTC

peytn wrote: post #558

I do not support this action. Public safety concerns should route through law enforcement, not AWS.

They do. But that doesn't mean Amazon is obliged to do business with any particular group if they decide it's not in their best interests. Freedom of association is a right.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by aceazzameen » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:38 AM UTC

awak3ning wrote: post #552

Zzz

Parler has users who are actively trying to overthrow the government, after their first and failed attempt 3 days ago. It's become their safe space because they have already been banned on other platforms for months/years now. This situation is vastly more unique and organized then the standard hate speech that appears on every other platform (and gets removed when caught or amplified). This is ISIS level radicalization in the United States.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by wpietri » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:39 AM UTC

awak3ning wrote: post #552

Zzz

this has been deceptively edited. It said something about wondering why YouTube and Facebook haven't been kicked off AWS.

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by pixl97 » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:39 AM UTC

lightgreen wrote: post #553

Next step: your internet provider will not resolve parler.com. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist.

First they came for the fascists and I was like "Ok, cool, they attempted to violently overthrow the government, rather poorly, and I'm ok with you discontinuing business with them"

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by kbumsik » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:39 AM UTC

grzm wrote: post #550

From a couple of an hours ago, over 150 points, over 240 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25708142

Interesting. How a post with 150 points in 2 hours could be off the front page?

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by jennyyang » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:40 AM UTC

I think it's in the interest of the FBI and CIA to covertly run a service that caters to the extremists, so that they can monitor their activities. If they get driven underground, it will be harder to maintain tabs on them, but the create a platform that let's them talk among themselves, it seems as easy as shooting fish in a barrel!

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by kube-system » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:40 AM UTC

cl0ckt0wer wrote: post #551

When powerful people see the most powerful get overrun, things can happen quickly. I wonder of Bezos lies awake at night worrying about an angry mob.

If he was worried about an angry mob, wouldn’t he try to not anger them?

Re: Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler

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Post by lumpenprole » Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 4:40 AM UTC

lightgreen wrote: post #553

Next step: your internet provider will not resolve parler.com. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist.

First they came for the National Socialists.