▲ 1717 ▼ Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads (futurism.com) submitted 1 year ago by Iheartcheese@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 182 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 135 points 1 year ago (5 children) 💯 Big tech companies think they’re above the law. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] thejml@lemm.ee 148 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thus far, they’d basically be right. Any fines are simply chocked up to “cost of doing business” expenses and since no one wants to either make solid laws against this stuff OR hold them accountable for current ones, they’ll just keep at it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 year ago (1 child) If a law has a fine, it was created to deter poor people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That depends on if it is a dayfine or not. A fine of €500 for speeding will only really affect poor people, 30 dayfines which value is dictated by the wealth of the individual is a better system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago This can be hard to implement and avoidable through "creative accounting" (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences. Some countries use points licensing where your driver's license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record. Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption. permalink fedilink source parent [+] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago History has shown that they are. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nlgranger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago No, they are the system, and the system is held together by the law. permalink fedilink source parent [+] schwim@lemm.ee 1 point 1 year ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thejml@lemm.ee 148 points 1 year ago (1 child) Thus far, they’d basically be right. Any fines are simply chocked up to “cost of doing business” expenses and since no one wants to either make solid laws against this stuff OR hold them accountable for current ones, they’ll just keep at it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 year ago (1 child) If a law has a fine, it was created to deter poor people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That depends on if it is a dayfine or not. A fine of €500 for speeding will only really affect poor people, 30 dayfines which value is dictated by the wealth of the individual is a better system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago This can be hard to implement and avoidable through "creative accounting" (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences. Some countries use points licensing where your driver's license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record. Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 1 year ago (1 child) If a law has a fine, it was created to deter poor people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That depends on if it is a dayfine or not. A fine of €500 for speeding will only really affect poor people, 30 dayfines which value is dictated by the wealth of the individual is a better system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago This can be hard to implement and avoidable through "creative accounting" (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences. Some countries use points licensing where your driver's license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record. Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That depends on if it is a dayfine or not. A fine of €500 for speeding will only really affect poor people, 30 dayfines which value is dictated by the wealth of the individual is a better system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago This can be hard to implement and avoidable through "creative accounting" (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences. Some countries use points licensing where your driver's license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record. Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago This can be hard to implement and avoidable through "creative accounting" (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences. Some countries use points licensing where your driver's license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record. Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago History has shown that they are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nlgranger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago No, they are the system, and the system is held together by the law. permalink fedilink source parent