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reverend-mayhem t1_ja2lx73 wrote

Reply to comment by SugarinSaltShaker in Volkswagen says company requiring payment for location of abducted child near Libertyville was ‘serious breach of policy’ by 2_Sheds_Jackson

There was no warrant. Detectives needed to gain access to a vehicle’s GPS after said vehicle had been stolen with a 2 year-old still inside.

From the article:

>“Volkswagen has a procedure in place with a third-party provider for Car-Net Support Services involving emergency requests from law enforcement,” Gillies said.

>“They have executed this process successfully in previous incidents. Unfortunately, in this instance, there was a serious breach of the process. We are addressing the situation with the parties involved,” Gillies added.

I’m pretty sure the “breach of policy” VW is referring to is actually that the VW employee responding to the detective’s call didn’t adhere to company policy & immediately direct them to a specific emergency division or whatever of the third-party company that handles their GPS services & instead flatly said they couldn’t give access to vehicle GPS unless that service was paid for as the free trial period had run out.

Honestly, in any job if I was approached by somebody claiming to be police & urgently asking for private information, I wouldn’t try to take on the situation myself - that’s what a superior is paid to handle. Hand that shit off immediately. The weird part of all this to me is that the employee tried to manage a potentially extremely sensitive situation all on their own.

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monkChuck105 t1_ja2iw35 wrote

Reply to comment by soggynachochip in Volkswagen says company requiring payment for location of abducted child near Libertyville was ‘serious breach of policy’ by 2_Sheds_Jackson

If it's like OnStar they do locate the vehicle if it's reported stolen to police. They just harass you in hopes you sign up for their crappy service first. All it takes is a quick phone call to confirm the VIN, but I'm sure there's a mountain of unnecessary paperwork to cover their ass. At least a car you expect to get insurance if it's not recovered. A kid is irreplaceable... These companies care more about ripping you off then saving a life.

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AaronHillelSwartz t1_ja2href wrote

Reply to Twitter argues before Supreme Court that letting ISIS use platform not the same as aiding and abetting terror by do-you-know-the-way9

Waiting to see how these foreign rulings effect domestic policy on information oligopolies. Or rather, how the Supreme Court will tailor these decisions to also effect American expression.

They unfortunately aren't granting certiorari for any antitrust lawsuit giving consumers actual choices of the platforms they use.

I suppose if I were as old as the average SC Judge I wouldn't want to do too much heavy lifting either, considering giving the consumer true choice (which is the primary property of capitalistic frameworks), would be difficult considering there are also enormous intellectual property rights stifling competition.

The Court needs a way in to create more consumer choices in online platforms, but I doubt they are even looking, more likely actively not looking.

The incentives from a corporate and executive branch (and maybe even congressional branch) are strongly against true choice at this level of speech.

But this is concerning the First Amendment of the sacred Constitution, not the second, or the third, et cetra. And The Court speaks for the Constitution as established in Marbury v. Madison. Their primary axial directive is maintaining balance of powers, and then to maintain freedom of speech, on down the constitutional amendments (and in their totality).

So, even though it might not be in the interest of the Executive Branch and the corporatacracy of America - imo, it would be nice to be inspired again, to see The Court do it's duty, even if it's difficult. Too far gone are the days of Benjamin Cardozo and feeling alive and vibrant and virile when reading law made by the highest court in the land by life appointed lawmakers. Gone is the feeling of inspiration.

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