The Soapbox

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The problem is that Parler violated its terms of service with AWS.


If they didn't like the AWS terms of service, they shouldn't have entered a contract with them to abide by those TOS and use the services.  Based on the below, AWS also gave them warnings to come into compliance, which Parler did not do.

(Perhaps there is room in the contract language where the TOS aren't super-clear which could play out in a legal challenge, but this is not about just "silencing conservative voices."  It's about what AWS is claiming is a breach of contract by Parler.  If one party breaches a contract, the other party can discontinue services.)

Here is the letter from AWS to Parler:

Dear Amy,

Thank you for speaking with us earlier today.

As we discussed on the phone yesterday and this morning, we remain troubled by the repeated violations of our terms of service. Over the past several weeks, we’ve reported 98 examples to Parler of posts that clearly encourage and incite violence. Here are a few examples below from the ones we’ve sent previously: [See images above.]

Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms. It’s clear that Parler does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service. It also seems that Parler is still trying to determine its position on content moderation. You remove some violent content when contacted by us or others, but not always with urgency. Your CEO recently stated publicly that he doesn’t “feel responsible for any of this, and neither should the platform.” This morning, you shared that you have a plan to more proactively moderate violent content, but plan to do so manually with volunteers. It’s our view that this nascent plan to use volunteers to promptly identify and remove dangerous content will not work in light of the rapidly growing number of violent posts. This is further demonstrated by the fact that you still have not taken down much of the content that we’ve sent you. Given the unfortunate events that transpired this past week in Washington, D.C., there is serious risk that this type of content will further incite violence.

AWS provides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we continue to respect Parler’s right to determine for itself what content it will allow on its site. However, we cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages or incites violence against others. Because Parler cannot comply with our terms of service and poses a very real risk to public safety, we plan to suspend Parler’s account effective Sunday, January 10th, at 11:59PM PST. We will ensure that all of your data is preserved for you to migrate to your own servers, and will work with you as best as we can to help your migration.

- AWS Trust & Safety Team

(In response to this post by ftwuva)

Posted: 01/11/2021 at 5:09PM



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Current Thread:
 
  
Fascist like canceling free speech. -- Charleston Cav 01/11/2021 3:44PM
  Can't yelll fire in a theater. -- aint2Hokie4me 01/11/2021 5:31PM
  Sentence fragment -- TomGlansAski 01/11/2021 4:58PM
  Big lies told time and again are still lies. -- Chuck Taylor 01/11/2021 4:53PM
  So...you're Antifa now? ** -- Beerman 01/11/2021 4:43PM
  Lame take. Care to expand?** -- THECZAR 01/11/2021 4:35PM
  LOL. It's as free as the free market gets -- Fuzzy Dunlop 01/11/2021 4:33PM
  No free speech has been canceled ** -- 111Balz 01/11/2021 4:25PM
  Can you elaborate? Which free speech has bee cancelled? -- Capital City Hoo 01/11/2021 4:05PM
  Not a fan of the free market, I see. ** -- VAGentleman05 01/11/2021 5:00PM
  That is just a sad retort ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:02PM
  Well boo hoo then new hoothat** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:03PM
  LOL this is very very sad -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:13PM
  Starbucks for me:) ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:37PM
  Of course it is, you latte liberal. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 01/11/2021 5:39PM
  Maybe shen would actually show up ;) ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:34PM
  What does any of that have to do with Fascism? ** -- Beerman 01/11/2021 4:37PM
  LOL- please tell me you're joking? -- Capital City Hoo 01/11/2021 4:31PM
  Murder and insurrection cross the line ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 4:52PM
  Not anymore ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 5:01PM
  Why is this so hard to understand ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 4:27PM
  Because I'm an idiot? ** -- FfxStationHokie 01/11/2021 4:29PM
  Hey now, idiots matter. ** -- Guy LeDouche 01/11/2021 5:08PM
  Free dumb, baby ** -- Brown Water 01/11/2021 4:43PM
  Trump cannot hold any more press conferences ** -- FfxStationHokie 01/11/2021 4:12PM
  He doesn't know, he just heard it on Fox. ** -- 81_Hokie 01/11/2021 4:10PM
  Good thing there is the Soapbox, eh? ** -- Guy LeDouche 01/11/2021 4:00PM
  Be careful. "Don't tread on him." ** -- Blah 01/11/2021 4:01PM
  Oooh, that sounds like grievance! ** -- TomGlansAski 01/11/2021 4:55PM
  Poor thing lost his Parler account. #Smh #Tragical ** -- FTJ Mackey 01/11/2021 3:59PM
  Hippos ** -- SCHOO 01/11/2021 4:00PM
  Hey, it's Dr. Treadmill. ** -- Blah 01/11/2021 4:51PM
  Derp. ** -- ResistHoo 01/11/2021 4:57PM
  Something about Congress making a law..... ** -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:54PM
  Comgress shall pass a law forcing private -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 4:01PM
  Wait. You can no longer advocate murder -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 3:55PM
  Tough titty. ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 4:55PM
  Sure you are a facist as well as stupid ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:01PM
  LOL ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:28PM
  Riff his line intentionally ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:33PM
  Yes only hoothat ever typed LOL.....LOL ** -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 5:41PM
  Then, well played! ** -- Shenhoo 01/11/2021 5:54PM
  And this used to be a free country. ** -- southdenverhoo 01/11/2021 4:07PM
  Maybe stop calling for death to Pence or give instruction -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:50PM
  You did hit on a good point there but -- ftwuva 01/11/2021 4:20PM
  Point taken. ** -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:56PM
  ANTIFA’s not here, man. ** -- Molina 01/11/2021 3:46PM
  Private companies are now considered fascist? ** -- walkthecorner 01/11/2021 3:46PM

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