3 ms·

Remember when VW did all that computer magic with emissions controls. Only a mid level engineering manager went to jail. The diesel emissions will probably cau

Remember when VW did all that computer magic with emissions controls. Only a mid level engineering manager went to jail. The diesel emissions will probably cause cancer in people in the streets. CEO's need to start going to the gaol long term , and we need to start banning those involved from being able to run, own, or hold shares in corporations outside of blind trusts ever again.

amluto 8y ago
You’re out of date: https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2 https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2
scrooched_moose 8y ago
You're far out of date on that story. https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2 https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/06/oliver-schmidt-jailed-volkswagen-emissions-scam-seven-years https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/06/oliver-schm... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-stadler/head-of-vws-audi-arrested-in-germany-over-diesel-scandal-idUSKBN1JE0R3 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-stad... https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/porsche-arrest-volkswagen-diesel-emissions-scandal/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/porsche-arrest-volkswa...
user5994461 8y ago
The car industry support hundreds of thousands of jobs all over the world and in the respective countries of each manufacturer. There would never be any strong action taken against them, this would be hurting the government who took it and its people. On a side note. Big internet companies will never enjoy the same level of political support. They don't support any job and don't pay any tax where they get their money from. It's a bunch of nerds in the west coast and that's barely caricaturing. If anything, the bigger fines will come from Europe rather than Washington, because politics.
- rock_hard 8y ago
  60 million advertisers use Facebook to run ads...I am pretty confident that they have a strong economic interest in the government being nice to Facebook.
kerng 8y ago
Nope, investigations just take really long and courts are slow. That's why for FB the downfall is not yet really visible - might take another 12 months.

amluto 8y ago

You’re out of date: https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2 https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2

scrooched_moose 8y ago

You're far out of date on that story. https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2 https://www.apnews.com/faeff4b8855c4b0daf538599ae3f9db2 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/06/oliver-schmidt-jailed-volkswagen-emissions-scam-seven-years https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/06/oliver-schm... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-stadler/head-of-vws-audi-arrested-in-germany-over-diesel-scandal-idUSKBN1JE0R3 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-emissions-stad... https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/porsche-arrest-volkswagen-diesel-emissions-scandal/index.html https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/20/news/porsche-arrest-volkswa...

user5994461 8y ago

The car industry support hundreds of thousands of jobs all over the world and in the respective countries of each manufacturer. There would never be any strong action taken against them, this would be hurting the government who took it and its people. On a side note. Big internet companies will never enjoy the same level of political support. They don't support any job and don't pay any tax where they get their money from. It's a bunch of nerds in the west coast and that's barely caricaturing. If anything, the bigger fines will come from Europe rather than Washington, because politics.

rock_hard 8y ago
60 million advertisers use Facebook to run ads...I am pretty confident that they have a strong economic interest in the government being nice to Facebook.

kerng 8y ago

Nope, investigations just take really long and courts are slow. That's why for FB the downfall is not yet really visible - might take another 12 months.