Legally mandated punishment of an individual without being convicted of a crime... because a corporation says they are guilty.
No charges filed. No trial. No conviction. No chance to defend against the accusations.
Just punishment because the corporation says so.

A system that makes the courts unnecessary.

I can't imagine why the courts would not be in favor of this.. /s

IDEs are the middle ground. A properly configured IDE does a ton of automation already. An IDE that integrates a purpose built LLM/AI is just "a smarter IDE".

TED's dead. /confirmed

In areas with tenants rights laws, the owner can not prohibit this. The owner can make the tenant bear the cost of having it professionally done -no DIY allowed, must meet building codes, proper internal routing in crawlspaces/walls (no stapling cords to the outside of the building), etc. The owner can make the tenant pay for the repair of any damages that result due to the installation. But the tenant has the right to have services installed.

Broken Window fallacy.

China is a command economy.

This means that when the Party decides that doing a thing is good for the nation, everyone cooperates to make it happen. The businesses that do the thing (and any necessary businesses along the supply chain) get preferential treatment from everyone involved. Bank loans are approved. The loan rates are favorable. Land is made available. Energy plants are built to supply the factories. People are encouraged to study and become proficient in the technologies required. Housing is built for workers. Equipment imports are fast-tracked thru customs. Raw materials are mined and processed. etc.

The business will be profitable. Or a competing business will be profitable. There is still competition among businesses. China will not carry a poor performer for long. But they will do whatever it takes to give every advantage to an industry that they want to succeed.

It's Mozilla. You trust them completely, right?

Some of the victims of the scam were US citizens. This gives the US Department of Justice a responsibility to investigate and to shut down the scammers if they can.

The investigators determined that these assets are the proceeds of the scam, and that seizing these assets will significantly impact the scammers ability to continue scamming. So the DoJ attorney goes to a Judge and lays out this logic and asks for a seizure order. Judge agrees, and it happens.

The article is specifically about the seizure of the cryptocurrency, but there is a lot more to it. Multiple governments worked together to raid the compounds (rescuing many people), and to interrupt the flow of slaves. Many people were arrested. There are international warrants for several people who were not captured. And an awful lot of their money is gone. Being on-the-run without money is a lot harder than being on-the-run with billions to spend.

it could, but it wont.

It will go to the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile which the president created earlier this year. It was created with the express purpose of utilizing the cryptocurrencies seized by US law enforcement.

Money

Not Invented Here.

Because the local machine does not have enough resources to run such a complex application, of course.

I would be inclined to agree with you on the jurisdiction thing... but most tech companies are headquartered in California. The ones that aren't headquartered here have major presences here. The silicon valley effect* gives California extensive regulatory powers in tech.

*The silicon valley effect is that all the tech companies are in silicon valley because all of the tech people come to silicon valley because that is where the jobs at all the tech companies are...

Damn. That Newsom guy is awesome. He writes bills, passes them thru the house and senate, and then signs them -All by himself! Does he also preside over the court when they are challenged? I bet he can do anything.

So insulting to call it "gross negligence". This took years of deliberate effort.

Seriously, it did. Teams doing A/B tests and analyzing interactions to optimize for maximum sustainable engagement. Tweaks to algorithms to promote conflict -but just enough to keep people posting without actually driving them away. "Like" counts to encourage gamification. It is all about encouraging addiction.