Re: do we know what laws apply to Parler

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

In article <2ab9a074-bb67-4e75-1db1-2c7fff87f0c8 () rollernet us> you write:
> On 1/10/21 4:00 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > sronan () ronan-online com <sronan () ronan-online com>:
> > > 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?
> > Yes, it would.  This was an astonnishingly stupid move on AWS's part;
> > I'm prett sure their counsel was not conmsulted.
>
> Surely everyone on this list, purportedly a network operators list, has 
> to have at least heard of 47 USC Section 230... right?

Unfortunately, you appear to be wildly overoptimistic.