“Don’t do that again, now pay a cookie crumb for this highly illegal attempt to meddle with democracy”.
Sigh.
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2024
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The government doesn't get to make up fines according to how heinous they feel the offense is. Their abilities are written in stone. This is why we see larger companies get off with a pittance, because it is a pittance to them.
A great fix would be to levy fines based on annual revenue or profit, something like that. Suddenly a violation becomes real, not merely a cost of doing business.
I've been saying for years that fines for these issues need to be based on revenue, not profit, and tripled. Unless they're selling their products for a 300% profit margin, they still lose money because of the bullshit. Anything else can still be justified as a cost of business.
Definitely.
These fines have not kept up with inflation
So, 50 cents.
It's the B that matters not the M. Nothing will change otherwise.
I'm curious. And I ask, because US politics has normalised what would be clear corruption in most other places:
Is the illegal part here spoofing Biden, or also a private company trying to manipulate the electoral process?
If its only the former, then, what an absolute shit show.
A bit of both, but mostly about elections. The specific act used was "Truth in Caller ID Act by maliciously spoofing the number of a prominent local political consultant."
Though, the settlements also require the company to screen calls more aggressively and implement KYC.
"Oh no, now we'll have to cut some (non-executive) bonuses this year and skip a few pizza parties, the horror."
Let's just cut 30 jobs to make it up within the year.
But while we're at it, might as well just round it up to cutting 600 jobs, right? Then we can still have those bonuses!