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Re:Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone nu... by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:33PM (#24055222)
Should be 1 million per user per text message sent out.

Trust me, if our agencies had teeth, and executed a corporation for shit like this, we'd have a better technology ecosystem.

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Re:Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone nu... by edmundsauto on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:41PM (#24055287)
Similarly, if we executed every criminal who is convicted of a violent crime, we would have far fewer violent criminals.
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Re:Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone nu... by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:59PM (#24056165)
I'd argue if you take data and misuse it for profit, you should get a higher danger than a slap on the wrist.
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