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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by happytiger on Monday August 07, 2023 @07:06PM (#37042161)
I actually consider the act of doublespeak potentially insinuating ill intent.

What you and what you say need to be consistent to preserve user trust and then being inconsistent shows mismanagement by senior leadership or even potentially intent to deceive or spin the situation while still implementing the policy. It’s the PR classic do one thing say another.

Edit: Oh, and then this hits almost at the same time…

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/zoom-return-to-office-an...

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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by AndrewKemendo on Monday August 07, 2023 @08:22PM (#37042825)
>I actually consider the act of doublespeak potentially insinuating ill intent

I agree with this sentiment and it feels like a heuristic at this point.

I think it comes from a decade of watching when corporate officers get caught red handed then try and denial of service the bad press with their jingoistic pablum.

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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by tigerlily on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:38PM (#37053565)
> I agree with this sentiment and it feels like a heuristic at this point.

Well I might just take that heuristic and do some basic sentiment analysis to rank companies on their doublespeak.

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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by AndrewKemendo on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:57PM (#37053824)
If you do I’d love to see the results
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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by dietr1ch on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @01:27AM (#37044856)
This doublespeak should result in huge fines, but there's lobbying instead
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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by robertlagrant on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @02:32AM (#37045263)
And corrupt officials that accept the lobbying, which is the bad bit.
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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by alpaca128 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @04:12AM (#37045980)
"It's not corruption, it's lobbying", the "it's not a bug, it's a feature" of politics.
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Re:How Zoom’s terms of service and practices apply to AI fea... by robertlagrant on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @04:38AM (#37046141)
Well, the practice of being able to take your case to the government is a great one. The government - already paid for with free money from non-government people working - is the one letting itself be corruptable.
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