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minus-squareTheOriginalMattman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·21 hours agoThese teens should offer to bring a case, breaking the NDAs in exchange for protection for doing so. Or just collectively break the NDAs because it would shame the social media companies into at least not pursuing them.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9·20 hours agoIf they broke the NDA, Facebook’s legal team would ruin their lives.
minus-squareTheOriginalMattman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 hours agoIf enough broke them simultaneously in a class action, with media coverage it would soften their cough. Bring it all out in the open. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
minus-squareKirp123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·16 hours agoI thought NDAs were not enforceable if they are used to conceal criminal behavior?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours agoProbably. These were civil suits though. You can’t settle a criminal case.
minus-squareMIDItheKID@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 hours agoIf justice was real, there would be a way for them to break NDA, and keep the money, because fuck these companies. They need to be taught a lesson: “Fuck around and find out”
minus-squareBluegrass_Addict@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·21 hours agoit’s not like these companies care about laws anyways, so it only stands to reason they don’t care about NDA’s either
minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoThey only care about the laws they can weaponize.
These teens should offer to bring a case, breaking the NDAs in exchange for protection for doing so.
Or just collectively break the NDAs because it would shame the social media companies into at least not pursuing them.
If they broke the NDA, Facebook’s legal team would ruin their lives.
If enough broke them simultaneously in a class action, with media coverage it would soften their cough.
Bring it all out in the open. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
I thought NDAs were not enforceable if they are used to conceal criminal behavior?
Probably. These were civil suits though. You can’t settle a criminal case.
If justice was real, there would be a way for them to break NDA, and keep the money, because fuck these companies. They need to be taught a lesson: “Fuck around and find out”
it’s not like these companies care about laws anyways, so it only stands to reason they don’t care about NDA’s either
They only care about the laws they can weaponize.