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bethekidyouwant • yesterday at 11:27 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Tackle the regulation of “truth”?


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scruple • yesterday at 11:57 PM

What does the FDA do when someone gets caught selling a fake medication? Do we wrap truth in scare quotes and try to make the sugar pills a philosophical issue?

Why is it so unconscionable to hold tech corporations accountable? We know (maybe I should say knew at this point?) how to enforce fraud and consumer protection. I fail to see how this shouldn't fall under commercial liability that's really all that different than run of the mill false advertising or product defects.

If we fail to do this we subsidize the operators and externalize the cost of fraud onto the general public.

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