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		joshuamorton on Sept 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meta has banned the personal Facebook accounts for... I'm confused, what's the point of the contract that says "you can't do this" if not to legally enforce that you can't do that?

josephcsible on Sept 29, 2022 [–]

I'm distinguishing between two different meanings of "can't": not allowed vs. not capable. You should be capable of violating NDA/ToS's, but possibly suffer legal consequences if you choose to do so.

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