grue@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoToronto business owners are using AI-generated “concerned residents” to fight a proposed bus lanetorontolife.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoIs it illegal to lie? They are not trying to steal money. Yes they’re misrepresenting themselves on purpose but is it illegal? I have no clue.
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoPolitical mischief maybe? Making a false sense of community sentiment or opinion.
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days agoPresumably they see it as somehow affecting their bottom line? Guess it could just be outright bigotry though.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoLying for personal gain is fraud still, though not criminal. Customers can decide if they want to conduct business with the business after the fact. I know I wouldn’t want to.
Is it illegal to lie? They are not trying to steal money. Yes they’re misrepresenting themselves on purpose but is it illegal? I have no clue.
Political mischief maybe? Making a false sense of community sentiment or opinion.
Presumably they see it as somehow affecting their bottom line? Guess it could just be outright bigotry though.
Lying for personal gain is fraud still, though not criminal.
Customers can decide if they want to conduct business with the business after the fact. I know I wouldn’t want to.