Post ARQjvHAXfBtygP8le4 by avedik@mastodon.world
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 (DIR) Post #ARQjvHAXfBtygP8le4 by avedik@mastodon.world
       2023-01-08T10:21:07Z
       
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       Tesla is avoiding the public learning new details about its 'autopilot' system by a passage in the fine print of the #Tesla purchase agreement in the US. There it says that disputes between buyers and Tesla "will not be decided by a judge or jury, but by a single arbitrator". That's because the decisions and reasoning of such arbitrators are not available for public inspection and thus remain under wraps... 1/
       
 (DIR) Post #ARQjvHlPS7OOWkOD6u by avedik@mastodon.world
       2023-01-08T10:25:56Z
       
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       In the US, these arbitrations have become a tool that favors corporations and limits consumers' ability to sue - they are "black holes" that allow companies to make complaints and lawsuits "disappear." https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=31118262/2