Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook
by ionised on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:36AM
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It may deter smaller firms. It's won't deter Facebook.
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Re:Two senators say a $5B fine isn’t enough to punish Facebook
by tptacek on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:09PM
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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.