As with common carriage and net neutrality, the discrimination has to be consistent.
Sent from Mobile Device > On Jan 10, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Haudy Kazemi via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > > > Conclusion: > > Companies are not permitted to discriminate amongst who they will have as a > customer on the basis of the racial or sexual orientation (or a number of > other bases). > > Companies are permitted to discriminate amongst who they will have as a > customer using other criteria. E.g. "No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no > service." Customers who disturb other customers can also get "fired" or > banned by the company if they're deemed not worth the trouble...but the > reason for doing so must not be illegal itself. > > Companies who are wary of the law may also be particularly concerned about > serving customers who are using (or enabling others to use) the goods and > services that company offers in ways that may violate the laws of the > jurisdiction the company is under. (In some neighborhoods, Home Depot locks > up all the spray paint cans, and limits sales to customers, as part of local > anti-graffiti measures.) > > --- > > There are parallels in establishing or ending employment...there are certain > reasons that provide a legal basis for hiring or not hiring someone, as well > as reasons that provide a legal basis for firing someone. > > > >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021, 10:34 Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> >> wrote: >> While I don’t like it - at the end of the day a private company can make a >> decision to have or not have a customer (unless somehow it’s racial or >> sexual orientation related apparently). >> >> Nothing is stopping Parler from spinning up their own servers. They >> willingly chose to use AWS.
