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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by Barrin92 on Friday June 12, 2020 @03:36AM (#23496975)
"it should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter."
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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by praptak on Friday June 12, 2020 @04:15AM (#23497156)
It is not that simple. There's a continuum from writing a compiler to coding DestroyBaghdad. Usually people draw the line at "Is this tool primary purpose evil?".

This tool is in a (darkish-)gray area IMHO. I don't think that employer blocking "fuck" or racial slurs is necessarily evil but it's not that good either.

Automatic filters are pretty bad at doing their job, so filtering is a lame approach to solving anything.

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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by handoflixue on Friday June 12, 2020 @05:43AM (#23497590)
A tool that can block discussion of unionization is certainly a grey area. When you literally advertise "blocking discussion of unionization", I feel like you've left that grey area, though.
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Re:New Facebook tool allows employers to suppress “unionize”... by kevsim on Friday June 12, 2020 @04:15AM (#23497157)
Just to be clear, I wasn't saying it's not unethical. Just not illegal.
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