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US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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This case is quite similar with Disney+ case.

You press 'Agree', you lost the right to sue the company.

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[–] 183 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

Forced arbitration is unjust and should be outlawed. It's only legal in 7 other countries: UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, China and India.

That's right: 4 countries that are essentially US lapdogs, two dictatorships and one that's on the fast track towards becoming one.

Also, you can totally see how America is so much better and totally different than China. The more I look at both, the less I can tell the difference.

But at least in the United States, there is hope.

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  • [–] 63 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It's not really legal in the UK. It's unenforceable on claims under 5k and for claims over 5k the courts will make a case by case decision if arbitration is appropriate.

    https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/insights/reports/inside-arbitration/click-to-agree-technology-and-consumer-arbitration

    However, lots of companies still add these bullshit clauses as a way to bully people out of seeing a lawyer.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    For sure and, even then, in uk law, you can't sign away your freedom to take regular legal action against someone who caused you damage, due to their illegal actions. Something like the one in the article would be, rightly, dismissed as a repugnant clause.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The US has twice as many parties as China. If that ain't a major difference then I don't what is /s

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  • [+] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Off topic, but since this is Lemmy, I choose to interpret your political assessment as,

    • 4 US lapdogs: UK, Saudi Arabia, China and India
    • 2 dictatorships: Canada and Australia
    • fast becoming a dictatorship: Ireland.
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    If you look at the list all those countries were influenced or under control by the British Empire.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I mean, that's true, but correlation v causation and all that. The list of countries "owned or influenced by" the British Empire includes a lot more than just these 7, and yet the forced arbitration club is a small one, so I'm not 100% sure I agree with your police work there, Hal.

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