Potential Wan Topic - Amazon Bans Customer From His Own Devices

[Limotoras]

Moderators, please move this if necessary.  My quick search did not turn up a better location for Wan topics.

 

Interesting decision by Amazon here to lock someone out of their devices and accounts because of an accusation by a driver.  Doesn't seem like there was much investigation on the part of Amazon here. 

 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/amazon-locked-man-out-of-smart-home-devices-for-a-week-after-false-racism-accusation_5334036.html?utm_content=bufferfdb3b&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=etlinkedin

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12189915/Amazon-shuts-customers-smart-home-week-driver-claimed-heard-racist-slur.html

 

 

[Zodiark1593]

5 hours ago, nardog11 said:

Just read through the first link, don't know what exactly to think about this, but it isn't positive IMO... The rule of innocent until proven guilty is completely in the past now? What if the person who ended up unable to use the smart home system was physically impaired and using it was a daily necessity for him? Also, what happened to freedom of speech INSIDE one's home??? People can't even make jokes in bad taste now without some type of "suffering" waiting in store?! Yeesh...

“Innocent until proven guilty”, and freedom of speech generally restricts the actions of the government against the civilian. They don’t restrict the actions a corporation may take.