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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by ABCLAW on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @04:59PM (#19742542)
>What is point of letting them claim innocence?

It changes the evidentiary basis of future claims on related grounds. The admission opens them up to other legal risks outside of the current dispute.

Maybe European regulators want to slap them for the same fact pattern (same facts, different jurisdiction). Maybe a class action is put together (same facts, different plaintiffs). Maybe they have an HR suit for unlawful termination from one of their security guys claiming he was fired for disclosing a vulnerability (related facts).

Etc.

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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by ergothus on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @06:42PM (#19743274)
> It changes the evidentiary basis of future claims on related grounds

Well that's interesting...citation? I thought not admitting any wrongdoing meant that you didn't admit it, meaning that there'd be no lower bar for anything, related grounds or not.

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