In a lawsuit filed late Tuesday, Amazon said it launched the right-wing social network Parler from its cloud service AWS, after tagging dozens of violent content since November.
Why does it matter: Parler sues Amazon, saying its expulsion violates antitrust laws. In its response, Amazon cites its violent content as well as its protection under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act as one of its defenses.
Details: Amazon said it first sent a letter on Nov. 17 with two examples of violent content and asked the company if such content violates Parler’s rules and what the company does to moderate such content.
- Over the next 7 weeks, Amazon said it reported more than 100 content to Parler’s chief policy officer, including threats specifically to members of Congress.
The whole picture: Parler woke up exclusively with almost all of its technology partners, including Twilio and Amazon, as well as Apple and Google, which removed both the Parler app from their respective app stores.
What are they saying: In his lawsuit, Parler claimed that Amazon conspired with Twitter to bring the service to its knees exactly while gaining traction.
- Amazon responded that its actions were not aimed at “suppressing speech or stifling views” or “a conspiracy to restrict trade.”
Rather, Amazon stated in the file that “this case concerns Parler’s refusal and demonstrated inability to remove public security content from Amazon Web Services servers, such as inciting and planning rape, torture and public assassination. called officials and private citizens “.