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In a hearing on data centers, a resident of Tyrone, Michigan, asked a question: Have you signed a non-disclosure agreement? The majority of officials refused to answer (cdn.imgchest.com)
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How the fuck is it even remotely legal for a politician to sign an NDA with a corporation to hide information from their constituents?

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[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 0 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

An NDA is a contract in which someone agrees not to disclose information on a certain set of topics, under penalty defined in the contract or civil liabilities for breach of contract. "Have to talk about it" is an odd phrase for the subject. An NDA doesn't force someone to talk/not talk about anything. It just creates a strong incentive to not talk about the topics included in the NDA or anything that might arguably fall under those topics because it opens one up to penalties. Many people can and do use NDAs as an excuse not to share information, with some even using a false implication that an NDA exists which prevents them sharing inconvenient information.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

An NDA doesn’t force someone to talk/not talk about anything. It just creates a strong incentive to not talk about the topics included in the NDA or anything that might arguably fall under those topics because it opens one up to penalties. Many people can and do use NDAs as an excuse not to share information, with some even using a false implication that an NDA exists which prevents them sharing inconvenient information.

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You...

You thought I meant an NDA was a magical spell that literally and physically prevents someone from speaking about something?

I have zero idea where you got the idea that a NDA can make someone talk about something tho, that's even more random.

An NDA with the federal government means felonies and long sentences.

But yes, someone can physically violate an NDA, it's not fucking magic.

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 0 points 16 hours ago

Thanks for angrily strawmanning what I wrote. It tells me I can just drop this thread. Toodles.