While Amazon certainly has a right to do it, I don't think booting Parler from AWS is a good or smart move.
To expand, yea Parler is largely unmitigated trash at absolute best. They should absolutely be moderating more.
And Amazon has every right to do it, and I certainly understand why they would.
And Amazon has every right to do it, and I certainly understand why they would.
But I'd rather it be confined (and visible) then increase sympathy for their argument that Twitter/Facebook banning them is a free speech problem because "look we can't even have our own space!"
That lets them further their bullshit narrative, and it could have bad policy consequences down the line.
If you came here to say "hur dur you support Parler and terrorists" save yourself the time and paint a self-portrait next to the word "idiot" in the dictionary.
The "shoulds" of moderation are complex, thorny, inexact, and impossible
People will disagree on them, and that's fine. I understand why many think AWS did the right thing, and don't think that's a crazy position. But I also don't think downstream policy concerns are nuts either
People will disagree on them, and that's fine. I understand why many think AWS did the right thing, and don't think that's a crazy position. But I also don't think downstream policy concerns are nuts either
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