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Comment on In a hearing on data centers, a resident of Tyrone Township, Michigan, asked a simple question: Have you signed a non-disclosure agreement? Officials refused to answer

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pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

If you can’t afford the time or money to defend yourself from a SLAPP lawsuit, the legality doesn’t matter much anymore. It is unfortunately in most peoples best financial interests to not personally test the legality of unenforceable BS.

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dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Exactly, corporations care not for the legality. It’s just that the very existence of a signed NDA opens up the power to suit, countersuit or in general drown a person in so many administrative fees that they are condemned to eternal poverty anyway. Whether the actual text is legal or not is irrelevant. An NDA is a weapon in many other ways.

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thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yup. When the punishment is financial, rules only exist for the poor.

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