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nozzlegearyesterday at 3:47 PM1 replyview on HN

I'm not a lawyer, nor a judge, so I can't say. All I can tell you is that it feels wrong that [Monsanto/OpenAI] can lobby a state's legislature to prevent you, the average joe and potential lucrative victim, from filing a lawsuit against them when it seems clear to any reasonable person that people are developing [cancer/mental health issues] due to the use of [pesticides/AI].

Perhaps something like anti-SLAPP rules for the ignominious corporations would be a happy middle ground? I don't know if that would "fix" anything – or if there's anything to fix – so don't take that as a super serious suggestion.


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solenoid0937yesterday at 6:05 PM

If companies can't lobby, so many "safety" regulations will pass that you will simply suffocate and kill private industry.

This is why most promising drug candidates never see light of day.

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