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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by cwhiz on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:09PM (#24170919)
You can’t effectively punish a company, especially not a company the size of Facebook.

But if individuals go to prison for their actions, people will be more careful how they act.

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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by scroogeydop on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:16PM (#24170991)
Corporate death penalty.
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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by jacquesm on Saturday August 15, 2020 @05:15PM (#24172457)
I wished that was meted out as a punishment much more often than it is done today. It is a very powerful message to send: these execs are not bankable because they caused all of their shareholders to lose money.
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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by hanniabu on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:21PM (#24171038)
Not sure why this is downvoted as it brings up an interesting position. Why can't there be violations so severe that they force the corporation to be dissolved?
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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by arrosenberg on Saturday August 15, 2020 @03:17PM (#24171460)
It happens, just less often than is probably healthy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/us/ny-nra-lawsuit-letitia...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Andersen

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