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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by CharlesColeman on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:55PM (#19742967)
> Similar punishment for similar transgressions is how the law is supposed to work.

Facebook and Equifax did not commit similar transgressions, and to say to is misleading.

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Re:Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5B by FTC Over Privac... by lordnacho on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @07:08PM (#19743420)
I'm not sure anyone claims that, but obviously saying "Similar punishment for similar transgressions" means that different transgressions need not have the same punishments.
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