Comment by hrimfaxi
4 months ago
Yes but the theory, at least in the US, is that the government cannot compel you to say something. That is, they can't make you put up a notice.
4 months ago
Yes but the theory, at least in the US, is that the government cannot compel you to say something. That is, they can't make you put up a notice.
More specifically, the theory is that cannot compel you to lie, there are all kinds of cases where businesses are compelled to share specific messages.
As far as I've seen, the examples of that have always been things like health warnings and ingredients lists, where showing that message is a condition of being in that (licensed) business, and applies equally to any company.
Do you have a more custom example in mind?
All sorts of consent decrees, a huge amount of union and workplace law requires things to be posted for employees.
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Ah, that was confusing to me. Thank you.
yea, I get that, but my gut tells me this doesn't pass the sniff test
It's a choice you make and action you take either way, be it not updating a canary or sending a covert financial transaction
That it has not been tested in court is why it's still a "theory" (hypothesis?)
My hope is that a jury of our peers would stay closer to the spirit than the letter of the law
Inaction is not action.
The choice to cease perform an act, when you have been consistently doing it, is itself an action
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