Posted on 01/21/2021 1:34:59 PM PST by Coronal
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday rejected Parler’s demand that Amazon.com Inc restore web hosting services for the social media platform, which Amazon had cut off following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle said Parler was unlikely to prove Amazon breached its contract or violated antitrust law by suspending service on Jan. 10, and that it was “not a close call.”
She also forcefully rejected the suggestion that the public interest would be served by a preliminary injunction requiring Amazon Web Services to “host the kind of abusive, violent content at issue in this case, particularly in light of the recent riots at the U.S. Capitol.”
“That event,” she added, “was a tragic reminder that inflammatory rhetoric can - more swiftly and easily than many of us would have hoped - turn a lawful protest into a violent insurrection.”
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I have openly discriminated against democrats and their liberal subgroups for decades. I even smell a democrat in them , their application for employment is tossed in the trash.Dont need them.
Amazon was parler’s web hosting company. There was a signed contract for Amazon to do the web hosting for parler. They may NOW be competitors, but when the contract was signed, Amazon (AWS) was providing a service to parler. It would be interesting to see what other websites produce that are serviced by AWS.
Believe me I so want to ask prospective employees...who did you vote for. And yes, it is a make or break question.
The jack booted thugs have really won at this point.. it no longer hype just fact
Conservatives can also use a “social score” policy to implement hiring decisions.
One day in and President AmazonGoogleFacebook is just crushing it
Grievance 9
“He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.”
Judges and royally appointed governors did not depend upon the colonists for their income; they drew their salaries from the King, and the American colonists saw that this led their officers to sympathize with Parliament but not with the colonies. The Colonial assemblies protested against these measures, leading to the formation of the Committees of correspondence in 1774.
U.S. federal judges that refuse to enforce the law is pure tyranny.
Appeal
Oh I already do.
I look at the social media footprint.
Amazing what they think is ‘normal’
High time to flip the script and use the rules for radicals tactics against them.
“Russians Don’t Take A Dump, Son, Without A Plan”
So the truth is inflammatory...
if cloud providers keep pulling political stunts like this they will lose a lot of business and creat competitors. Eventually they be forced to have provide contracts specifically prohibiting this kind of behavior with penalties and remedies spelled out.
I have heard that Paler is being rebuilt because the same servers company that carry GAB is a conservative alternative servers service.
I see. Thanks for making the distinction more clear.
SCREW AMAZON. Conservatives need to build their own Economy, Media, and Social Networking platforms.
Trump’s MISSION for the next year.
you wrote:
“...Amazon is a competitor. They should not have any voice whether or not Parler becomes fully operational...”
No. Amazon is not a competitor. They are a hosting platform in which Parler had a contract.
The important word here is ‘contract’; the violation of which this judge choose to totally ignore.
You see, AWS hosts so much content on their virtual servers, it’s almost impossible for them to look at what some may call offensive and what’s not. It would literally need to be a criminal act, followed by a warrant to find such offensive information.
I won’t go into detail about the kinds of sites and systems hosted on a global platform such as AWS. Use your imagination, and you’re probably right.
No, this was a political hit job, nothing else. Since when did Amazon actually start listening to their employees unless it suited their own interests?
But the damage done goes beyond Parler. The social media platform was direct competition with Facebook - not Amazon. What’s next? Two companies fighting for market share, until one comes up with the idea of simply buying influence with AWS (or any other platform) to just wipe out the competitor - and simply make up a reason for doing it, such as ‘offensive content’, ‘hate speech’. etc.
Or we just don’t like this guy’s politics. Or maybe it just gets personal. The fact that contracts now mean nothing, it’s actually that ‘social contract’ that makes the internet what it is. If half of the software engineers of the world became ‘black-hatters’, you would not have an internet. Too many of us have just enough knowledge to wreak havoc across multiple networks.
But we don’t - because of that un-spoken social contract.
But one of the biggest on the planet has decided to chuck that ‘contract’ for the sake of political expedience. This puts everyone that uses that service in potential peril - even governments themselves.
Oh, are you thinking the U.S. Government? They are a client - probably their biggest.
The BEST thing Real American can and should do is find alternatives. I assure you other smaller providers AROUND THE WORLD are prepping their marketers to do just that. And let’s not become dependent on one platform or even one website. The Parler issue is a teachable moment for all of us. a) Don’t put your eggs in one basket and b) always have a plan B.
guess that’s a little more than a couple pennies...
- jimjohn - OUT
Another judge self-identifies as a domestic enemy,
Another judge self-identifies as a domestic enemy,
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