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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by te_chris on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:11PM (#24170940)
Bollocks. The company as an entity played naughty, so it should, as an entity, get punished. Otherwise the stakeholders get a free ride.
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Re:Instagram faces $500B in fines alleging it harvested biom... by iso1631 on Saturday August 15, 2020 @02:49PM (#24171248)
There's two aspects

1) Punishing those that did the illegal thing

2) Punishing those that profited from the illegal thing

If a mafia boss profits from getting a goon to rough up a shop owner for protection money, both the goon and the boss are punished.

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