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Re:Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for everyo... by josephcsible on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:09AM (#33016653)
To be clear, I'm not saying that there should be no consequences if you distribute a message that I didn't want you to. I'm just saying that I shouldn't be able to stop you from doing so. If you signed a contract saying you wouldn't, and then you do, I should still be able to sue for that, but the existence of such a contract shouldn't let me control your technology to prevent you from breaking it in the first place.
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Re:Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for everyo... by joshuamorton on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:28AM (#33016774)
I'm confused, what's the point of the contract that says "you can't do this" if not to legally enforce that you can't do that?
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Re:Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for everyo... by josephcsible on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:37AM (#33016839)
I'm distinguishing between two different meanings of "can't": not allowed vs. not capable. You should be capable of violating NDA/ToS's, but possibly suffer legal consequences if you choose to do so.
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