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padjo
on May 22, 2023
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Meta fined $1.3B over data transfers to U.S.
Facebook employs lots of people in Ireland, they don’t want them out of business.
jacquesm
on May 22, 2023
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Ok, so if a company employs enough people they get to break the law at their discretion?
meinheld111
on May 22, 2023
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Imo discretion remains with the public, but yes, corporations can arguably get away with more illegal things if they have more weight
padjo
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Not saying it’s right
Havoc
on May 22, 2023
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<10k people is not a lot in a half a billion people block
padjo
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Can’t speak for the rest of Europe but if the Irish DPC put Facebook out of business it would be seen as a massive financial own goal by most of the Irish electorate.
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