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[BobbyV]

As for Parlor. Boohoo. So Amazon dumped them. If a baker doesn't have bake a cake for a gay couple, Amazon doesn't have to do business with Parlor, Qanon or whoever the heck wants to use the site. Right? Or are we changing our principles again?

IMO I think it's pretty pathetic that Parler just suddenly became a "problem" and many other companies above and beyond AWS are dumping them and potentially going to put an end to another company that just so happens to be a "competitor" to Twitter and/or Facebook. I get your point, but it's just all fishy . . . I mean none of us (I don't think) support breaking into the Capitol or harming politicians no matter how much we disagree with them.

I never heard or read . . . what part of the TOS Amazon said Parler broke though.

 

[Rez Exelon]

IMO I think it's pretty pathetic that Parler just suddenly became a "problem" and many other companies above and beyond AWS are dumping them and potentially going to put an end to another company that just so happens to be a "competitor" to Twitter and/or Facebook. I get your point, but it's just all fishy . . . I mean none of us (I don't think) support breaking into the Capitol or harming politicians no matter how much we disagree with them.

I never heard or read . . . what part of the TOS Amazon said Parler broke though.

LOL, I don't know there's people on this very board that have said they'd like me buried with fishies. So I doubt that this site is free from people that support their actions. Look at the thread's comparing Ashli Babbitt versus Ahmed Arbury for instance. Everyone here quickly worked to find out his background, previous legal troubles etc. Ashli was, for the part of the thread I followed, always referred to as an Air Force vet. But if dig deeper, she had her own legal troubles that I never saw mentioned here. Point being, that folks weren't treating her the same, possibly due to being in support of her actions.

Companies are going to do what companies do --- pivot and keep making money. Twitter made money on Trump for years for instance, then decided to act at the last second. It's like a serial killer accepting Jesus 10 minutes before the gas chamber. All the other companies are doing the same thing --- the brand is toxic, they don't want to be seen associated with it because it might hurt the brand. Like how most companies suddenly care about black people in February, and LGBTQ during pride month, but crap on everyone not making them money 100% of the year.

 

[Pstmstr]

I thought we supported Free Enterprise and Capitalism, and the old saying "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone".

The problem with that is Twitter says they enforce their rules equally. They don’t. If they were honest about saying we can just refuse service to anyone it would be more palatable.


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[RickN]

More proof.
Facebook to remove all content with Stop the steal.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/facebook-remove-stop-the-steal-content-biden-inauguration

 

[Rez Exelon]

From the article --- your article on FOX NEWS mind you:

“We are now removing content containing the phrase “stop the steal” under our Coordinating Harm policy from Facebook and Instagram,” they continued.

Facebook removed the original “Stop the Steal” group in November, and has continued to remove Pages, groups and events that violate its policies, including calls for violence."​

So there's data that shows that's is being used as a slogan of the people that organized the insurrection, and were potentially planning a run against the inauguration. So FB is targeting that. Would you say that you position is to allow it and the organizing so that there can be violence against the President Elect, or other members of Government?

 

[SoonerP226]

Sure do miss Walter Cronkite........just gave the facts and let you determine how to make sense of 'em.

Wait...is that irony?

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

From the article --- your article on FOX NEWS mind you:

“We are now removing content containing the phrase “stop the steal” under our Coordinating Harm policy from Facebook and Instagram,” they continued.

Facebook removed the original “Stop the Steal” group in November, and has continued to remove Pages, groups and events that violate its policies, including calls for violence."​

So there's data that shows that's is being used as a slogan of the people that organized the insurrection, and were potentially planning a run against the inauguration. So FB is targeting that. Would you say that you position is to allow it and the organizing so that there can be violence against the President Elect, or other members of Government?

Let them organize out in the open. That way, the targets can be forewarned, and security forces can be deployed. Right now, they can organize via other means in relative anonymity.

Woody

 

[Rez Exelon]

Let them organize out in the open. That way, the targets can be forewarned, and security forces can be deployed. Right now, they can organize via other means in relative anonymity.

Woody

That's why all the Capitol police and National Guard were ready on Wednesday right?

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

That's why all the Capitol police and National Guard were ready on Wednesday right?

Maybe they simply disregarded the obvious. Maybe they couldn't put two and two together. Maybe they thought a show of force in the beginning would only serve to escalate hostilities. Maybe the powers-that-be wanted the chaos and held the Guard and police back until the level of rancor piqued. At this point, anyone's guess could be just as logical, probable, or improbable. What's your guess?

Woody

 

[Boehlertaught]

Devils advocate: Parlor did choose to allow threats to kill the vp stay up...

Media companies like Parlor, Twitter, Facebook , etc. Can censor comments. These companies have legal agreements that exempt them from being sued for post they carry by agreeing to not censor comments. I'm suremi haven't explained this perfectly in a legal way but this general idea is fact. By censoring these companies are breaking their agreement. I wonder if they have broken the law??? I believe they are subject to losing their license to broadcast.