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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, what does Government tech-illiteracy have to do with this?

[–] TheBat 2 points 1 year ago

These people are using likeliness of actual people without their (or their heirs'/parents' in case of dead people) permission to make money off of tragedies. I don't know about you, but I think we as a society should have laws from preventing this from happening.