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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by Causality1 on Friday April 26, 2019 @03:15AM (#19755429)
Personally I think monetary fines are a fundamentally flawed form of punishment. Send. Decisionmakers. To. Prison. I don't care if it's for just a single day but march them into a courthouse in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs.
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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by spinningslate on Friday April 26, 2019 @07:54AM (#19756500)
This. Whether jail or some other sanction, hold decision makers personally accountable. Fines have their place, but - at least for a firm of FB's size - they just get priced into accounts.

The FB/Zuckerberg combination is almost unique in terms of (1) market cap, (2) the controlling ownership he holds, and (3) behaviour of the firm.

Facebook is reputedly pedalling furiously behind the scenes to prevent Zuckerberg himself being charged. Whilst saying almost nothing about the fines. That says everything about where they see the real danger.

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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by marcosdumay on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:34AM (#19756750)
Did they commit any crime?

I do agree that fines are overused, but I don't think there's reason for sending anybody to prison on this case.

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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by Causality1 on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:44AM (#19756842)
Why is Facebook anticipating a five billion dollar fine if they didn't break any laws?
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Re:Facebook's Email-Harvesting Practice Is Under Investigati... by marcosdumay on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:05PM (#19758974)
Breaking laws is not the same as comiting crimes.
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