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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by Radim on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:12PM (#19087914)
On what grounds should an unrelated party (furyg3) force their will on two voluntarily trading parties, blocking their (presumably mutually beneficial, since voluntary) transaction?

That's a strangely oppressive, i-know-best-what's-good-for-you position.

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by rfw on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:21PM (#19088042)
On what grounds should an unrelated party (the government, via labor law) force their will on two voluntarily trading parties, blocking their transaction?

Because wage slavery exists and you can't shrug your shoulders and say "well, they're choosing to work for peanuts so it's fine!".

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by johntiger1 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:38PM (#19088281)
I'm sure this was all done above-board (i.e. in compliance with the local wage laws)
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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by NegativeLatency on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:16PM (#19089905)
I think this is a moral question, and I don't see anyone suggesting that it is a legal question.

Just because something is legal does not make it right.

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Re:Google hired microworkers to train its controversial Proj... by kiliantics on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:35PM (#19092213)
local wage laws are often set by governments who have been bought by corporations that benefit from the wage laws...
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