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		raydev on Sept 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been ter... How do you know those sweepstakes are illegal? Have you verified that the Paul brothers either have bad legal teams or no legal teams?

xyzzy21 on Sept 8, 2021 [–]

How does an algorithm known TLE was illegal without holding a law degree and position on a state bar??

They don't and thus have no more legal authority to "know/id" illegality than they have to "know/id" legality.

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