the lawyers they hired put it in there, and they seemingly don’t know enough about the law to know it’s bad. they’re working on it.
Comment on ! Mastodon new ToS from July 1has a binding abbreviation wave !!r
albert180@piefed.social 9 months agoThen why did you knowingly put a bullshit arbitration clause in the ToS that's unenforceable in Germany?
0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Microw@lemm.ee 9 months ago
“Knowingly” is a big word given that Mastodon GmbH has been transparent about not having extensive legal knowledge in-house and being dependent on their probono lawyers. Which is completely understandable given their company & team size.
andypiper@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Legal stuff is complicated and we’re not all, always, experts at everything. FWIW mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821