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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by ramblerman on Thursday October 06, 2022 @10:40AM (#33108798)
> not fair (nor conducing to good social outcome) to try and hold an entity such as Meta (formerly facebook) to individual person standards such as being ethical

What? Care to explain that a bit further.

A multibillion dollar company should be held to higher standards than an individual

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Re:SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc by throbintrash on Thursday October 06, 2022 @12:44PM (#33110650)
yet, they somehow get away with shitty actions which would be unaceptable from an individual.

they are limited liability institutions after all, the reasoning for their existence is precisely to limit the liabilities (negative consequences of their actions)... that's where the tax-payer comes in.

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