A Nigerian woman who wrote an online review of a can of tomato puree is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that damaged its business.
Yea, it did. In most countries if you threaten to sue someone for something like this the judge would just laugh you out if the court room. What Nintendo did was threaten them with a lengthy legal battle they had no means to pay for and the options were to just shut down and declare bankruptcy or have Nintendo drain their funds and then declare bancruptcy. There was no other outcome because of how the US system of you can sue anyone for anything works.
According to the article the conditions in the jail were just deplorable to the point of being torture which is also common in the US. So that’s also comparable.
As far as large corporations being able to sue you and get the cops to harass you the US may actually be worse.
Jesus fucking christ always this comment 🙄
“Well in the US they put a lady on the rack for reviewing a song in spotify. It’s not true but it’s true because I know it!”
Nintendo literally shut down a company last month for developing an emulator for the switch just by having more money.
Nintendo is a Japanese company. They settled out of court. The US legal system did not get involved…
Yea, it did. In most countries if you threaten to sue someone for something like this the judge would just laugh you out if the court room. What Nintendo did was threaten them with a lengthy legal battle they had no means to pay for and the options were to just shut down and declare bankruptcy or have Nintendo drain their funds and then declare bancruptcy. There was no other outcome because of how the US system of you can sue anyone for anything works.
Yeah and we are talking about a woman being TORTURED in Nigeria.
Not sure how you can think Nintendo suing someone is comparable to this.
According to the article the conditions in the jail were just deplorable to the point of being torture which is also common in the US. So that’s also comparable.
Really? I haven’t heard of that. Where have you heard of jail cells with water across the whole floor and no furniture?
If you can provide evidence, I’ll change my mind.
The US literally has the Guatanamo Bay concentration camp for political prisoners so they could legally torture them.
If you want something more domestic then I’m sure one of those had some water or furniture related death: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-jails-deaths/ Though from what I understand in the US death by cop is the most likely.