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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by agilob on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:21AM (#38125908)
>just as often, he chose to dance around the question, to quibble about the phrasing, or say that he couldn’t remember the details. And every time he did that—every single time

Which is exactly what representatives from Facebook, Google and Microsoft did on trials and when being questioned by congress

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by 5636588 on Friday November 03, 2023 @05:53AM (#38126485)
> Which is exactly what representatives from Facebook, Google and Microsoft did on trials

To be exact, they weren't trials; only hearings.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by agilob on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:49AM (#38130557)
Yes, I went too far with Google and Facebook, I had this in mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRelVFm7iJE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all charges by ceejayoz on Friday November 03, 2023 @10:08AM (#38128989)
> Which is exactly what representatives from Facebook, Google and Microsoft did on trials and when being questioned by congress

Personal criminal trials hinge quite a bit more on "is the defendant personally likeable/credible" than a civil trial involving a multinational corporation.

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