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Amazon's right to evict Parler

samedi 23 janvier 2021 à 01:00

A court ruled that Section 230 of the CDA gives Amazon the right to evict Parler from its hosting service.

What enabled right-wing lunatic extremism to become so powerful, and thus so dangerous, was that Facebook promoted its posts because they generated "engagement". This gave lunacy access to recruit millions of zuckers. I hold Facebook's promotion algorithm responsible and I believe it should be regulated.

While I understand the wish to eliminate Parler, because I wish there were no right-wing lunatic extremism, I think it is dangerous to shut discussion sites for hosting discussions of that or any other political tendency. Which one will be shut next?