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1. john_strinlai · 1790030697 · focus · HN ↗

   for perspective, €403M = ~30 hours of net income, or ~10 hours of revenue (based on 2025 numbers, current exchange rates).

   1. jiggawatts · 1790033360 · focus · HN ↗

      There was a lot of noise a few years back about Meta getting billion-euro fines over GDPR violations.

      I looked it up: they paid almost none of the fines.

      If you get a ticket from a speed camera, the government will garnish your wages if you don’t pay the fine. For trillion dollar organisations payment is apparently optional.

      1. rob-lag · 1790033849 · focus · HN ↗

         > they paid almost none of the fines.

         Source?

         1. jiggawatts · 1790034130 · focus · HN ↗

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dataprotection.ie&#x2F;en&#x2F;dpc-guidance&#x2F;decisions&#x2F;fines" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dataprotection.ie&#x2F;en&#x2F;dpc-guidance&#x2F;decisions&#x2F;fines

            So far they’ve paid something like €20 million out of €4.0 billion in GDPR fines.

            1. LelouBil · 1790034755 · focus · HN ↗

               Most of the fines (and all of the big ones) are simply &quot;pending appeal&quot;.

               The justice system is slow, that&#x27;s why the fines are slow to be collected, that&#x27;s all.

               1. coldtea · 1790035454 · focus · HN ↗

                  As if they&#x27;d end up paying?

                  1. LelouBil · 1790056869 · focus · HN ↗

                     They paid all the fines that were confirmed after appeal, you can look at the linked table yourself.

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