Amazon filed a petition with an EU court asking it to annul its designation as a “very large online platform” in the Digital Services Act.
Amazon filed a petition with an EU court asking it to annul its designation as a “very large online platform” in the Digital Services Act.
I suppose that’s more accurate, but we don’t expect mail carriers to monitor the contents of postcards, either.
The mail carrier is more like the internet, or an isp. They transport the message. And as common carriers they are not responsible for the content.
Amazon is more like a public bar, that posts the postcards on it’s giant message board for all to see.
And it would be expected of the bar to be somewhat responsible for what they choose to hang up or not.
That’s an interesting analogy. I used graffiti in another post trying to put some context to the problem.
In a small community like a bar, it’s reasonable to expect the owner to take down offensive content (for their reputation if nothing else).
In a bar with millions of people, that’s definitely harder. Amazon can afford it, but on the other side: should volunteer fediverse instance admins be required to review every post?
Graffiti is not a great analogy because it’s not what your property is made for. If you had a wall on your property that you made publicly accessible specifically for graffiti, then you may be responsible for what you allow to stay up on it. Otherwise, it’s just someone vandalising your property.