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Just thinking out loud but the car one seems solvable by moving the responsibility for accidents. It starts with the manufacture and transfers to the modifer. A
by greggman 10y ago
Just thinking out loud but the car one seems solvable by moving the responsibility for accidents. It starts with the manufacture and transfers to the modifer. Although like above the issue gets complicated quickly since modifying one thing might be unrelated to the accident.
I guess if it can be proven it was because of the mod then responsibility should transfer to the modder.
- microcolonel 10y agoThis is the kinda hilarious thing about self-driving cars. Either the manufacturers are held responsible for nearly all accidents, in which case it is probably impossible to make money on them; or we accept that sometimes consumer electronics kill people in the street.
- rickycook 10y agothat's all well and good, but regardless of who is to blame, the headline will likely read that the fault is with the manufacturer because it's more likely to generate readers
- brianwawok 10y agoWe can't make laws to protect you from buzzfeed
- adrianN 10y agoAgain, Germany ingenuity does the impossible https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-to-ban-fake-news-0wz2wcl55 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/germany-to-ban-fake-news-...
- brianwawok 10y agoBanning fake news is different from banning something that could cause a news story that would appear in fake news.