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Re:Australia sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica by candu on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:44PM (#22528353)
OTOH, I'd love to see the mental / rhetorical gymnastics demanded of our politicians to defend tech companies from large fines associated with privacy violations while simultaneously excoriating those same companies over privacy violations.
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Re:Australia sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica by JumpCrisscross on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:45PM (#22528376)
> while simultaneously excoriating those same companies over privacy violations

Has there been excoriation over this? I've seen lots of hand-wringing over election interference and addiction. But the privacy complaints have yet to find footing in America.

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Re:Australia sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica by simonh on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:01PM (#22528544)
The US Senate had a hearing over it and the FTC fined Facebook $5bn over the same scandal. Arguably that’s a start.
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