alt Hacker News> If you knowingly distribute something fraudulent you should be liable even if someone else is paying for it and you automated everything.
That's why they "automate" everything. So that they can claim no knowledge.
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nkrisc • today at 9:13 AM
But that’s the point, automating it shouldn’t absolve you of responsibility.
“I didn’t know my automated lawn mower was running over children!”
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Actually, "knowingly"[1] is a specific legal term that accounts for that. Deliberate ignorance or a reckless disregard for the truth are adequate to meet the standard. That is the legal standard most commonly used for such laws instead of "actual knowledge" which is the standard requiring positive knowledge.
[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/3729#b_1