Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family from opioid claims

Re:Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family... by bbarnett on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:26AM (#29589828)

An interesting idea, and maybe a good one.

One side effect? Societal harm by tech companies these days, far outweighs the opid crisis.

So, will insurance end up affecting us too? And Google, Facebook can pay. But what about the little startup, trying to grow, 2 guys in a garage, but now they need insurance?

I suppose it could only be a requirement once at $x size...

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Re:Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family... by Retric on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:14AM (#29590191)

I am having trouble seeing US tech companies more harm than 500,000 dead people and significantly more devastated lives in the US alone. Perdue isn’t responsible for 100% of those deaths but it’s still quite significant for just one company.

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Re:Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family... by nerbert on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:31AM (#29590333)

"One side effect? Societal harm by tech companies these days, far outweighs the opioid crisis."

No.

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Re:Judge tosses $4.5B deal shielding Purdue's Sackler family... by bbarnett on Friday December 17, 2021 @06:10AM (#29590650)

Really?

Civil war caused by Facebook policies, death of dissidents due to cooperation with fascist states, COVID deaths due to anti-vaxxers / lies, all of the above, and more, enabled by tech platforms purposefully fanning the flames, for profit.

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