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They probably knew this wasn't going to fly but figure the revenue between them ignoring the law and having to follow the law would be more than the fine.
by that_guy_iain 3y ago
They probably knew this wasn't going to fly but figure the revenue between them ignoring the law and having to follow the law would be more than the fine.
- martin8412 3y agoWhich is why fines should be a multiple of revenue gained by ignoring the law.
- izacus 3y agoWith a corporation the size of Meta, it's not at all a given that: - Team putting together EU policy is in any way related to the team that needs to deal with any kind of fines. - That anyone actually made this concious decision as a tradeoff (as in, if it ever bubbled up to a VP or similar strategic lead. So many behaviours of megacorps are emergent and not deliberate.
- that_guy_iain 3y ago>- Team putting together EU policy is in any way related to the team that needs to deal with any kind of fines. Wouldn't that be a compliance team/department? > - That anyone actually made this concious decision as a tradeoff (as in, if it ever bubbled up to a VP or similar strategic lead. To be fair, I can believe that.
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoDistinction without a difference. Someone decided how Meta's org chart is laid out and whether it's a structure that will result in legal compliance being taken seriously or one that won't. If they picked one that won't, that's a conscious decision to ignore some portion of laws.