Re: Parler

["John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

In article <474FE6A6-9AA8-47A7-82C6-860A21B0E99D () ronan-online com> you write:
> 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? 

If this was in the US and it was after the CDA was passed in 1996, your lawyers were just wrong.

Before that the case law was thin but Cubby vs Compuserve (which is
more persuasive than Stratton Oakmont since it's a federal case) said
that online services were like bookstores, not expected to know what
was on every page unless it'd had been brought to their attention or
they had some other reason they should have known.

R's,
John


> 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