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Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by jeffw to c/technology
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[โ€“] dual_sport_dork 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's not what qualified immunity means.

Qualified immunity protects the police (or other state actors) from civil suits arising from their conduct while lawfully performing their duties. It does not shield them from criminal prosecution.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The civil suits that only have standing when there is criminal conduct already involved? You don't get one without the other. The only practical difference to a member of the public is the legal standard needed to prove guilt. Seeing as the criminal justice deck is already stacked in the favor of protecting their own enforcer, the difference is moot. It remains one of the only legally viable defenses where ignorance of the law is an acceptable excuse.