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Re:Dark Companies by robjan on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:04PM (#25060175)
It's difficult to tell what the intentions of this list are. "Bad things" is a very vague and subjective idea.
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Re:Dark Companies by simonebrunozzi on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:31PM (#25061959)
It's like obscenity: "I know it when I see it". [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

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Re:Dark Companies by stronglikedan on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:19PM (#25060336)
Yup. Probably won't be long before we see entries along the lines of "2020, InnocentBusiness: donating to a political campaign I don't like". These lists based off of subjective objectives never end well.
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Re:Dark Companies by welcome_dragon on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:23PM (#25060379)
I mean with the list that some in Congress are suggesting, that's a definite possibility
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