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Is it really that hard? I haven't seen anyone from US actually attempt any accountability - zero punishments for spam callers, zero punishments for data collect

• mschuster91 4y ago
  The thing is, there are so many layers upon layers between the end user and the bad actor that it's hard to pin down blame, and even if one succeeds to identify a bad actor, it's a shell company somewhere overseas and the money is long gone, moved off via a dozen other shell companies - and to make it worse, what may be a crime in the US/EU is perfectly legal in wherever these shell companies are set up. The solution would be dedicated laws that hold the company at the top directly accountable for the actions of all sub-contractor layers, but these laws are rare and often hotly contested (e.g. with a German law mandating responsibility of the top-layer company for wage theft and other labor law violations [1]). [1] https://www.ihk.de/regensburg/fachthemen/recht/arbeitsrecht/verguetung-und-tarife/mindestlohn-auftraggeberhaftung-1735270 https://www.ihk.de/regensburg/fachthemen/recht/arbeitsrecht/...