| And what if it happens with 0.01% of users on a popular Muslim social network? What percentage of Parler users were advocating or planning for violent protest? Also note that this stuff happens on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks all the time, and yet they're still online. These are really messy gray areas, and the choices we're making will set precedents for our future. There are so many potential responses by both the host and the service/platform. You can ask the network to deal with it (as they did with Parler), you can involve the FBI, invoke lawsuits... I don't think deplatforming is the second course of action to take when politely asking doesn't work out. Was it even Amazon's prerogative to ask for content removal? It might be in their TOS, but what would the DOJ say? Unless the FBI or CIA says it needs to go, I don't think it's Amazon's call. That should be our bar. Social networks should be able to set their own rules and operate within the laws of the United States. Web hosts shouldn't meddle. |