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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by monkeybutton on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:01PM (#26728495)
>corporate organized blacklisting, which has been illegal for years.

Does that mean Uber and Lyft sharing lists of drivers that have been banned from their platforms is illegal?

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by letitbeirie on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:39PM (#26729079)
Depends why they've been banned, probably.

Corporate blacklisting is illegal, but there have been substantial carve-outs in the name of safety. DISA [1] is a great example of this - fail a drug test and you're banned from about 10% of the US economy for 7 years.

[1] https://disa.com/why-disa

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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by trutannus on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:28PM (#26728919)
Uber and Lyft drivers are technically external contractors. Not employees. As far ask I know, there's no law about sharing bad contractors names.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by kps on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:10PM (#26730504)
In some jurisdictions, they are legally employees. ‘Move fast and break laws’ doesn't work everywhere.
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Re:Twitch will ban users for 'severe misconduct' that occurs... by potions on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @02:39PM (#26729067)
right. If this were illegal then so would be BBB, or Angie's List, or Yelp?
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