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Parler's Suit Against Amazon Web Services Furthers Fight Between Conservatives and Big Tech (Hollywood Reporter)
The real battle, over Section 230, goes to the fundamental nature of web services - are they more a conduit, like a phone line; or more like a "publisher", like a newspaper? This suit goes to the very nature of the discussion. Judge Not Impressed By Parler’s Attempt To Force Amazon To Put It Back Online (Above the Law).In the latest round of an ongoing feud between conservatives and the tech industry's biggest companies, Parler claims Amazon Web Services is conspiring with Twitter to quash potential competitors and that's why the web giant decided to terminate the right-wing social media platform's cloud service.
[As an aside, I've appeared before Judge Rothstein. She's very intellectual in her approach, so I think that bodes ill for Parler's chances.]U.S. District Judge Barbara J. Rothstein in Seattle said during a hearing Thursday she’s not inclined to order Amazon to immediately put Parler back online. Instead, she expressed interest in taking a more measured approach to deciding whether she should order a permanent injunction to restore web-services to Parler.