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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

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139 points dotcoma | 1 comments | 06 Apr 25 17:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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NotGMan ◴[06 Apr 25 18:35 UTC] No.43603758[source]▶
>> using a piece of the law that lets them calculate a fine based on revenue that also includes other companies Mr. Musk privately controls, like his rocket maker, SpaceX.

So basicaly lets just use some stupid law that lets us randomly take into account all of the other property of a businessowner.

And then EU people wonder why no one wants to build companies in an environment like that...

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1. rsynnott ◴[06 Apr 25 21:00 UTC] No.43604930[source]▶
… I mean pretty much everywhere does this sort of thing to some extent. If you don’t, then companies will just put all their risky/liability-attracting activity in a notionally-independent entity with no assets.