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Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by dfxm12 on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:16PM (#50431337)
It's worth clarifying, because you absolutely can sign away rights in a contract. You can even sign away constitutionally protected rights, like free speech. This regularly happens vis-a-vis NDA's.
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Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by kibwen on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:49PM (#50431910)
> You can even sign away constitutionally protected rights, like free speech.

The text of the first amendment only asserts that "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of speech", so signing away your ability to speak isn't in conflict with the Constitution.

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Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by red-iron-pine on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:39AM (#50442755)
to put a finer point on it, the government can't pass laws or take actions to abridge free speech.

you sure as shit can of your own volition and/or with a private company

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