yes

yeah, we should make the government getting involved in supporting companies illegal

The government should not help big tech collect data

and big tech should not collect it

is what I am getting at

So are we not looking at companies as people?

Big tech can collect all they want if that's what is outlined in the ToS.

Of course they can

Companies are groups of people...

^

I'm pretty sure ToS aren't legally binding.

What was Facebook designed for exactly?

But that shouldn't be a thing, and we're reaching the point where it's completely unavoidable @Zayan Watchel

Terms of Service. If they weren't a binding contract why would they exist?

ToS are semi legally binding

@JogaFlame Networking for college kids.

Services like twitter should be seen as public forums

they are legally binding as far as is legally possible for them to be

If it says, "WE WILL COLLECT YOUR DATA", then you agreed to it, knowingly or not.

and shouldn't have taken with lolbert, hands-off approach

a ToS that forces you tell sell an organ would not hold up in court

It should.

Hah

You should be careful as to what contracts you sign.

^

"This contact says I can kill you if I want to."

@Zayan Watchel Yes, and? What is your point?

You seem to be explaining to me why it's legal, and I'm telling you that I know it is and shouldn't be

Yes.

If you don't agree with what the Contract says,

which is why you keep restating it

don't sign up for the service.

Yeah.

It should be made to serve the economy.

@JogaFlame You won't be able to use many services with that mindset, we're getting to the point where you can't avoid that

Just read your goddamn contract.

which is why

There are plenty of alternatives I use to spite Google.

They just aren't well known.

Duckduckgo.com

Contracts are complicated, thats why you pay people tons of money to filter through and organize them for you

"LOL DUDE, YOU AGREED TO IT XDDDDDDDDDDEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD"

is such a braindead fucking response