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minus-square umami_wasabi ( @umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink29•1 month agoSo how are they going to detect, proof, and enforce?
minus-square alyaza [they/she] ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilink15•1 month agounclear (they don’t tend to announce enforcement mechanisms in these and it’s not a final rule until it’s a final rule), but it’s not like the FTC is lacking in power as an agency
minus-square SineSwiper ( @SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoWell, that is until the Chevron decision got knocked down.
minus-square Mongostein ( @Mongostein@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink13•1 month agoProbably by taking down the companies doing it rather than the people using them. Just set up an account and ask around for where to buy some likes.
minus-square umami_wasabi ( @umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink1•edit-21 month agoDoes that counts as emtrapment?
minus-square I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink4•1 month agoEntrapment is enticing someone to do something they wouldn’t do otherwise. If you ask someone where to buy drugs, and they give you the name of their dealer, you’re not entrapping the dealer since they normally sell drugs.
So how are they going to detect, proof, and enforce?
unclear (they don’t tend to announce enforcement mechanisms in these and it’s not a final rule until it’s a final rule), but it’s not like the FTC is lacking in power as an agency
Well, that is until the Chevron decision got knocked down.
Probably by taking down the companies doing it rather than the people using them. Just set up an account and ask around for where to buy some likes.
Does that counts as emtrapment?
Entrapment is enticing someone to do something they wouldn’t do otherwise.
If you ask someone where to buy drugs, and they give you the name of their dealer, you’re not entrapping the dealer since they normally sell drugs.