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1. profsummergig · 1790036970 · focus · HN ↗

   Someone recently fined Facebook $17 Billion. It was on the front page of NYT for 6 days (like as if it was a huge "get").

   About 1% of FB's market cap. And their sins get washed away.

   Everybody wins.

   At this rate, fining tech-cos will be a major source of revenue for governments. Everybody wins.

   1. jacquesm · 1790037166 · focus · HN ↗

      Except for the consumers of course, but who cares about them.
   2. kingcauchy · 1790037175 · focus · HN ↗

      It's like taxes with extra steps, except you get taxed for someone polluting you!
   3. [deleted] · 1790037987 · focus · HN ↗

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   4. agos · 1790055344 · focus · HN ↗

      Fines like these are not an absolution though

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