• OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    If it’s not illegal to add, the only risk is bad press coverage, and it might prevent someone from suing in the first place because they don’t know their rights.

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      11 months ago

      Except in several states if any of the contract is invalid it all is.

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        11 months ago

        In the United States where TikTok is based, contracts can include “severability clauses” that state that in the event any part of the contract is deemed unenforceable, the other parts are still good

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            11 months ago

            Wasn’t there a big hoohar about that a couple of years ago which meant they had to move?

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              Corporate:‘I’m sorry you were looking for an issue with tik tok. the problem is. tik tok is not the issue.’

              due to dividends untold tik tok just money guns politicians in the cooter till they spazzin…

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                  11 months ago

                  Wasn’t there a big hoohar about that a couple of years ago which meant they had to move?

                  My Comment In gest " we investigated ourselves and found there to be nothing wrong, also we gave money to policy makers."

                  did you forget what you typed above? was my comment so far left field?

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        11 months ago

        That’s not a common thing in American contracts. Severability clauses take care of that.

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        11 months ago

        Is that true? I can’t find any source for it, except very specific cases where the language and contents of the contract matter.

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      We need legislation to fix this. Something like “should a contract drafted by a lawyer include clauses that they knew or should have known to be unenforceable or void, the entire contract shall be unenforceable by the drafting party”