• yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    Whats worrying is that im already in that situation now with all the 50 page user agreements. Like fuck am I reading that every time.

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      12 hours ago

      You know, I do research and there are rules that the informed-consent documents have to be written at an 8th grade reading level.

      No jargon. No technical writing.

      Simple and clear. So that when people agree to be in a study, they actually do understand what that involves.

      Otherwise they can sue the hell out of you for misleading them.

      Why is this also not a requirement for “terms and service”?

      They intentionally write it in “legalise” so that the average person cannot understand it.

      I think it should have to follow the same rules as informed-consent documents.