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A comment on Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation. Parent comment

Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by pilsetnieks on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:02PM (#19385597)
But engineers (real engineers, not self-styled unregulated ones) are already liable for their negligence and failures.
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Re:Facebook’s Data Deals Are Under Criminal Investigation by vonmoltke on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:29AM (#19389014)
The vast majority of engineers at Boeing and similar companies are not personally liable for failures; the company is. They are working under an industrial exemption.
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