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Meta was “allegedly” seeding porn to speed up their book downloads. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by diz@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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Sounds like meta’s judge will have to invent a grand unified theory of fair use to excuse this.

I kept saying about various lawsuits that the important thing is discovery. Nobody knew all the idiotic shit these folks were doing, so nobody could sue them properly.

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[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think it's even illegal to watch R-rated movies as a minor, it's more of a guideline for your caretakers.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I used that example because I didn't want to use the same inflammatory rhetorical concept as the article. Some countries might have regulations related to "corruption" of minors for sharing anything inappropriate with them.