Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agoTikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harmsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@kbin.social
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkTikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harmsarstechnica.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@kbin.social
minus-squareLvxferrelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 months agoI am not lawyer but given another business trying to implement similar terms of service, I checked the Brazilian law (simply because it’s the government that I pay taxes to) and apparently this sort of clause is outright invalid here. So I heavily encourage other users to check your local laws of your governments, as @sqgl@beehaw.org said this is seen as a basic right by many governments. For further info, the Latin name for this crap that TikTok is trying to pull out is “pactum de non petendo”, or roughly non-seeking pact. (Legalese loves Latin so knowing the Latin expression is helpful.)
I am not lawyer but given another business trying to implement similar terms of service, I checked the Brazilian law (simply because it’s the government that I pay taxes to) and apparently this sort of clause is outright invalid here. So I heavily encourage other users to check your local laws of your governments, as @sqgl@beehaw.org said this is seen as a basic right by many governments.
For further info, the Latin name for this crap that TikTok is trying to pull out is “pactum de non petendo”, or roughly non-seeking pact. (Legalese loves Latin so knowing the Latin expression is helpful.)