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Most legalese is ignored by the people that are supposed to read that when they do online things. But that doesn't mean it doesn't apply. Ignorance is not a val
by jillesvangurp 2y ago
Most legalese is ignored by the people that are supposed to read that when they do online things. But that doesn't mean it doesn't apply. Ignorance is not a valid excuse. Arguably, the average tik tok user probably did not bother to read a single word of the terms of use they agreed to. The textual content of these things does not even matter at this point when users simply don't read it at all and just blindly agree to anything you put in front of them.
Funnily enough, you can actually use LLMs to make sense of these things. We're more empowered than ever to process legal text. It used to be that your only option was to consult somebody with legal training. Which of course isn't something a lot of users would do.
In any case, you are using a moralistic argument in a legal context. That's simply not how the law gets interpreted in court rooms. It might motivate politicians to write new laws though. Which then get interepreted in court rooms. But given the complexity of the matter at hand, the outcome might not be something that is a net positive. In fact that is extremely unlikely.