"Of course, as private companies, Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, and Google are well within their rights to make decisions like these. I'm certainly not suggesting that tech companies should be forced to provide services to entities or individuals they find questionable. Nor do I think that the government should mandate that these companies …
"Of course, as private companies, Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, and Google are well within their rights to make decisions like these. I'm certainly not suggesting that tech companies should be forced to provide services to entities or individuals they find questionable. Nor do I think that the government should mandate that these companies accept any and all potential customers engaged in legal activity. "
I fully support regulation (government) in these cases. The Post Office and the phone company don't get to decide if I can get mail or a phone number based on my politics.
Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, and Google should be treated as common carriers and not allowed to engage in any discrimination. If it works for the Post Office/phone company, it will work for them to. If someone posts illegal content, they should be prosecuted for it. Otherwise, tech companies should not engage in any form of censorship. That includes Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.. by the way.
I think I agree, although I don't know nearly enough what it means to be a common carrier - and whether those companies would even want or agree to have that status.
"Of course, as private companies, Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, and Google are well within their rights to make decisions like these. I'm certainly not suggesting that tech companies should be forced to provide services to entities or individuals they find questionable. Nor do I think that the government should mandate that these companies accept any and all potential customers engaged in legal activity. "
I fully support regulation (government) in these cases. The Post Office and the phone company don't get to decide if I can get mail or a phone number based on my politics.
Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, and Google should be treated as common carriers and not allowed to engage in any discrimination. If it works for the Post Office/phone company, it will work for them to. If someone posts illegal content, they should be prosecuted for it. Otherwise, tech companies should not engage in any form of censorship. That includes Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc.. by the way.
I think I agree, although I don't know nearly enough what it means to be a common carrier - and whether those companies would even want or agree to have that status.
I would guess that the companies in question, would oppose common carrier status. As for agreement, CC status is not optional.