How the fuck is it even remotely legal for a politician to sign an NDA with a corporation to hide information from their constituents?

  • Jako302@feddit.org
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    9 hours ago

    Which is an entirely different issue that has nothing to do with NDAs in general. NDAs in the US are pretty much useless either way, since corps will sue you to hell and back if you say anything they consider a “secret”, no matter how arbitrary it is or what documents you signed.

    • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      Well, if that were the case, companies wouldn’t insist on NDAs, would they?

      I also don’t quite understand how you came to the conclusion that NDAs have nothing to do with the fact that any kind of legal dispute in the U.S. costs a lot of money.

      Just to be clear: I am fully aware that NDAs can certainly serve a legitimate purpose when it comes to protecting trade secrets, which can of course be necessary and sensible. In practice, however, they are unfortunately all too often used to hide illegitimate activities from the public, as this post here demonstrates quite impressively. It is simply absurd that elected officials can sign an NDA and then, citing it, withhold information from the public about an obvious conflict of interest.