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Re:Popular Subreddits are organizing a strike on 2023-06-12 ... by viraptor on Sunday June 04, 2023 @04:30PM (#36189292)
That doesn't apply by default. While the US is enabling people to be more litigious, EU will mostly slap you with fines for doing bad things. You have the option to... not do bad things.
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Re:Popular Subreddits are organizing a strike on 2023-06-12 ... by YetAnotherNick on Sunday June 04, 2023 @05:41PM (#36189853)
The problem is law doesn't fine for doing bad things, it fines for breaking the law which is not exactly the same. In my previous company for a project we had to hire lawyer for more than a week just to determine if we were breaking law, even though the site didn't do any bad things by normal people standard.
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Re:Popular Subreddits are organizing a strike on 2023-06-12 ... by tester457 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @08:45PM (#36190998)
> this holds in general

Way too complex to navigate that minefield, lawyer fees will be a big hit on the budget of any reddit challenger.

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