Re: Parler

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>]

That's my understanding as well, from years of hosting email lists.  As 
soon as one starts moderating, the rules change, and immunity goes away.

It's one of my issues with the whole notion of rules-of-conduct on email 
lists - particularly when folks get on my case for not "moderating" 
language that some individual or other finds offensive (like not using 
requested pronouns).  Some folks get REALLY irate when I refuse to play 
thought police - and it seems particularly bad when the issue is a minor 
one.  I've almost gotten to the point of imposing a policy of "the only 
grounds for moderation or expulsion from this list are repeated 
complaints about the list host's lack of moderation."

Sigh...

Miles Fidelman

sronan () ronan-online com wrote:
> While Amazon is absolutely within their rights to suspend anyone they want for violation of their TOS, it does create 
> an interesting problem. Amazon is now in the content moderation business, which could potentially open them up to 
> liability if they fail to suspend any other customer who hosts objectionable content.
>
> When I actively hosted USENET servers, I was repeatedly warned by in-house and external counsel, not to moderate which 
> groups I hosted based on content, less I become responsible for moderating all groups, shouldn’t that same principal 
> apply to platforms like AWS and Twitter?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 10, 2021, at 3:24 AM, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
> >
> > Anybody looking for a new customer opportunity? It seems Parler is in
> > search of a new service provider. Vendors need only provide all the
> > proprietary AWS APIs that Parler depends upon to function.
> >
> > https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/09/amazon-parler-suspension/
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bill HErrin


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