lmao, the new #Arduino #TermsOfService has a noncompete clauase.
#termsofservice
Just found out the terms of use of my new Samsung TV are not enforceable in my jurisdiction. So no, Samsung, for the privilege of watching this TV I do not cede to you paternity rights over my firstborn child.
#eula #tos #terms #termsofservice #license #agreement #termsapply #joke
Engadget: YouTube will ‘strengthen’ enforcement around violent and gambling games in November. “YouTube will enforce new rules that are supposed to strengthen the enforcement of its guidelines around online gambling and graphic video game content starting on November 17. One of the biggest changes it’s implementing is age-restricting gaming videos featuring realistic human characters in scenes […]
What if a website that you have never visited claims that you agreed to its terms and conditions, which included mandatory arbitration? One District Court denied a motion to compel, finding that the existence of an arbitration agreement was “in play.”
#law #contracts #arbitration #litigation #TermsOfService
https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2025/10/a-defense-to-arbitration-i-havent-seen-before/
Ninth Circuit refuses to enforce JustAnswer's terms of service because its website uses a form of sign-up wrap that automatically enrolls users for monthly renewals unless they unclick a pre-clicked box. No meaningful assent there.
Florida court finds numerous ways to bind a woman who never agreed to an arbitration provision to arbitrate her claims after she was injured during a brawl among fans at a Miami Dolphins game. She was bound because her mother, who bought the tickets was bound. She was bound because she entered the stadium. . . .
#law #contracts #litigation #arbitration #TermsOfService #Sports
Today’s Friday Frivolity tweaks a standard hypo via a scene from the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece _Fargo_. Guy drives into a parking garage, commits a murder, and drives out without parking. If he also objects to the ticketback terms, does he have to pay?
Daily Nous: What Will Academia.edu Do with Its New Rights to Your Name, Likeness, and Voice? (updated). “Users of the Academia.edu service are cancelling their subscriptions in response to perceived overreach by the firm in its recent update to its terms of service.” Academia is backtracking.
The World’s Most Popular Porn Site Is a Government Agent Now. Does It Matter?
#Discord announced new #TermsOfService #PrivacyPolicy and #CommunityGuidelines updates, effective 25 September 2025. Here is a #DiffChecker comparison on the new ToS as well as a link (in reply comment) to their main discussion of 29 September 2025 updates. #TechNews #TechUpdates #GamingNews
🎉 In a groundbreaking revelation, we're reminded that #YouTube has terms of service! 🥳 Apparently, #Google plans to keep the internet safe by 2025, just in time for its next privacy policy overhaul. 🙄 #InnovativeAsEver
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNqTHlK5sGJrRvH0YBxE4Oe1M9EoSTPQ #TermsOfService #InternetSafety #PrivacyPolicy #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated
What happens to your data when 23andMe goes bankrupt? We explore a bit with the help of @planetmoney.bsky.social and @matt-levine.bsky.social. For now, things seem okay, but that can always change.
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#termsofservice #enshittification
TechCrunch: TikTok’s new guidelines add subtle changes for LIVE creators, AI content, and more. “TikTok is preparing an update to its Community Guidelines, which dictate the rules for participating on the social video platform as well as what standards the company uses to determine the videos that make it onto its For You feed.”
TechCrunch: Bluesky rolls out massive revamp to policies and Community Guidelines. “Two years after launching, social network Bluesky is revising its Community Guidelines and other policies, and asking for feedback from its users on some of the changes. “
Search Engine Land: The Fujiwhara effect on YouTube: AI, Shorts, and the rise of duplicate content. “The explosive rise of Shorts and AI fueled a flood of duplicate content – leading YouTube to enforce its inauthentic content policy.”
Fourth Circuit finds that people who registered for a website agreed to its terms even though they only acknowledged (falsely, of course) that they had read the terms. Judge Wilkinson heroically dissented. How hard is it to ask people to agree to terms?
Court dismisses class action alleging that Amazon violated terms of service by requiring existing Prime customers to pay $3/month to avoid ads. Court reasoned (nonsensically) that this was a change in terms of service and not a price increase.
Mashable: LinkedIn removes explicit protections for transgender users. “LinkedIn has joined the throng of social media platforms and companies silently removing protections for LGBTQ users, amid an increasingly dangerous time for transgender communities across the country. The networking site removed a line from its hateful conduct policy that explicitly prohibited the misgendering and […]
ICYMI, John Coyle has declared June 12th to be Microsoft Contract Day. Each year on that date, he revisits Microsoft’s terms of service and finds that, yup, its dispute resolution provisions are still incoherent in many countries.
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