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Re:FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance Is Out of Co... by mystified5016 on Sunday September 29, 2024 @05:23PM (#41690752)
Pretty much no corporation in the last 40 years has suffered the consequences of their actions. Boeing has killed how many people and it's taking an act of Congress to even start talking about some consequences later, maybe.
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Re:FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance Is Out of Co... by gruez on Sunday September 29, 2024 @07:48PM (#41691968)
>Pretty much no corporation in the last 40 years has suffered the consequences of their actions.

There's hundreds of regulatory actions taken by governments per year. That's "consequence" by definition.

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Re:FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance Is Out of Co... by brewdad on Sunday September 29, 2024 @08:13PM (#41692107)
Fines of a few percent of the revenues generated aren’t enough of a deterrent.
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Re:FTC Report Confirms: Commercial Surveillance Is Out of Co... by nickff on Monday September 30, 2024 @11:44AM (#41698489)
Arthur Andersen went under after its accounting negligence: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Andersen

A few food companies have failed due to poor quality control: https://www.thestreet.com/retail/another-popular-ice-cream-b...

In fact, many companies go bankrupt every year: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_Sta...

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