not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days ago! Mastodon new ToS from July 1 has a binding Arbitration waiver* !!rlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1image! Mastodon new ToS from July 1 has a binding Arbitration waiver* !!rlemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square56linkfedilinkfile-text
post: https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane/statuses/01JY2NBJEASW1E21NFJ0NZ3GDC github discussion: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35086
minus-squarealbert180@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThen why did you knowingly put a bullshit arbitration clause in the ToS that’s unenforceable in Germany?
minus-squareandypiper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoLegal stuff is complicated and we’re not all, always, experts at everything. FWIW https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821
minus-square0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agothe lawyers they hired put it in there, and they seemingly don’t know enough about the law to know it’s bad. they’re working on it.
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days ago“Knowingly” is a big word given that Mastodon GmbH has been transparent about not having extensive legal knowledge in-house and being dependent on their probono lawyers. Which is completely understandable given their company & team size.
Then why did you knowingly put a bullshit arbitration clause in the ToS that’s unenforceable in Germany?
Legal stuff is complicated and we’re not all, always, experts at everything. FWIW https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821
the lawyers they hired put it in there, and they seemingly don’t know enough about the law to know it’s bad. they’re working on it.
“Knowingly” is a big word given that Mastodon GmbH has been transparent about not having extensive legal knowledge in-house and being dependent on their probono lawyers. Which is completely understandable given their company & team size.