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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by product50 on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:46PM (#19742907)
Precedence matters - especially for government inquiries and fines.

Also, people use FB by choice today while something like Equifax is forced upon us given institutional structures. So it is unclear why Facebook is more wrong than Equifax.

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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by wil421 on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @09:59PM (#19744363)
Equifax being negligent and Facebook repeatedly being caught doing bad stuff is different. You need to show intent, Equifax didn’t intended to get breached. Facebook certainly intended to do all the shady stuff they’ve been caught doing.
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