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European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practices

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398 points ChrisArchitect | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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amelius ◴[05 Sep 25 17:36 UTC] No.45141247[source]▶
Ok, now can we also have a three-strikes policy please, with prison sentences. Otherwise this is just the cost of doing business.
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reorder9695 ◴[05 Sep 25 17:49 UTC] No.45141426[source]▶
Almost 3bn euros is one hell of a cost of business though, that's approximately a euro for every 2.5 people on the planet
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thinkingtoilet ◴[05 Sep 25 17:57 UTC] No.45141517[source]▶
Until the rich people who green light things like this go to jail it will literally never stop. Someone, somewhere needs to be responsible for policies that break the law and they need to go to jail.
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lucketone ◴[05 Sep 25 21:31 UTC] No.45143860[source]▶
My company has a committee that votes on these kinds of things.

You as a prosecutor, who will you take to jail? whole committee? Those who voted in-favour? Somebody who brought the proposal? Only CEO?

Each of these decisions if done consistently over time, would invoke changes in companies, to get some fall-guys in right places.

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1. thinkingtoilet ◴[06 Sep 25 13:24 UTC] No.45149075[source]▶
The very easy and obvious answer is the people who are responsible. If there is a committee then the obvious answer is the people who voted for it. It's not hard. It's like saying what if I break the law but I do it with three other people, who goes to jail? The obvious answer is everyone who broke the law goes to jail. If a fifth person did not participate and said you should not break the law, the very obvious answer is the person who did not participate and who did not break the law does not go to jail. It's not complicated at all.