Inspired by real events.
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You leave a negative review on a Disney product. Disney bans you from every show, game, concert, park, and property until you remove the negative review. Should that be legal?
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You sue a Madison Square Garden subsidiary. Using public info, they ban you, your family, and your coworkers. None of those are protected classes. In order for any of them to ever attend a Knicks game, they need to get you to drop your lawsuit. Should that be legal?
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Using facial recognition, a company bans you from all properties they own even if you use other cards. Should that be legal?
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After signing terms and conditions, Twitter sells your data. Using AI, a company thinks you made a negative comment about a politician they support, and ban you, your family, and coworkers until you delete the post. Should that be legal?
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You sue a gas station for injury after slipping on an oil spill. They share their data and every company in town bans you as a litigation risk. Should that be legal?
Eg https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/nyregion/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition.html
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Based on real events.
You leave a negative review on a Disney product. Disney bans you from every show, game, concert, park, and property until you remove the negative review. Should that be legal?
You sue a Madison Square Garden subsidiary. Using public info, they ban you, your family, and your coworkers. None of those are protected classes. In order for any of them to ever attend a Knicks game, they need to get you to drop your lawsuit. Should that be legal?
Using facial recognition, a company bans you from all properties they own even if you use other cards. Should that be legal?
After signing terms and conditions, Twitter sells your data. Using AI, a company thinks you made a negative comment about a politician they support, and ban all of you, your family, and coworkers until you delete the post. Should that be legal?
Eg https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/nyregion/madison-square-garden-facial-recognition.html
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None of these should be legal. Business isn’t people and should have no rights of its own. The people within and who work for a business have rights, but the rights of outside individuals should always trump the business itself as an entity.
Businesses are collections of people, no?