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Fines are generally made small enough not to be overturned, so the agency doesn't have to waste money litigating it, while also typically being large enough to
by c3534l 4y ago
Fines are generally made small enough not to be overturned, so the agency doesn't have to waste money litigating it, while also typically being large enough to change future behavior. They're not really retributive so much a cold calculations meant to get companies to do what they're supposed to do.
- account42 4y agoYet another way in which justice is not blind when it comes to wealth.
- staticassertion 4y agoOK, but Twitter is a special case. After the breach the FTC brought charges against Twitter and mandated that the company implement a more robust security program. This should have hurt Twitter way more.
- octagons 4y agoThat’s a good point - I hadn’t thought of it that way. Thank you!