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Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook by burtonator on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @05:29PM (#19853631)
Another key point. It should not just deter Facebook but OTHER companies considering the same action.
Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook by tptacek on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @06:10PM (#19853921)
Sure! Facebook makes more money managing private information than virtually any other company. What's the larger company they'd need to deter?
Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook by jachee on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @06:47PM (#19854151)
Every single company that collects, stores and uses any personally identifiable information should be deterred from abusing their privilege of doing so.
Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook by tptacek on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @06:55PM (#19854205)
Yes, and how does a $5B fine not accomplish that? It's not like any smaller company can look at this and say "well, the total valuation of all firms pursuing these activities is larger than the fine, so it's rational to continue doing that". By all means, fine every company that does this $5B, though.
Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook by ionised on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:36AM (#19857268)
It may deter smaller firms. It's won't deter Facebook.
Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook by tptacek on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:09PM (#19862970)
Why won't a $5B fine deter Facebook? That's a huge amount of money, even to Facebook. More importantly: it is almost surely a giant multiple of the revenue Facebook obtained from the specific behavior that violated the consent decree.