Amazon to Suspend Hosting Services for Parler, Saying App 'Poses a Very Real Risk to Public Safety'

[RandySF]

Parler, an alt-right social network favored by some Trump supporters, is set to go dark Sunday after Amazon’s AWS division said it’s pulling the plug on the service’s hosting account.

Amazon informed Parler, which boasts of a hands-off policy to content moderation, of the imminent loss of its web hosting services on Saturday. That came after Apple and Google banned Parler from their respective app stores, also citing Parler’s inaction on policing violent and harmful content.

In explaining its decision, Amazon said it found nearly 100 examples of violent threats posted on the far-right social app. News of AWS’s move to drop Parler was first reported by BuzzFeed.

“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,” the Amazon notice to Parler reads in part. “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 11:59 PM PST.”



https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-aws-suspends-parler-hosting-violence-risk-1234882041/

[Sacramento999]

1. Who else would want them?

Azure, digital ocean, oracle, google cloud they are toast

[Cha]

2. Good on Amazon for

kicking Off those Fascist Propaganda shills

[TheBlackAdder]

3. AWS is also the #1 hosting service for most of our spam and spearphishing emails we receive.

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It's one big shithole over there and they really need to get their fucking act together and quit providing low-lifes a services platform for a few bucks a month.

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[Demovictory9]

4. good