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In FY 2011, Google reported earnings of $37,905,000,000. So as punishment for obstructing a government investigation, they were fined $25,000, which is the equ
by tmuir 14y ago
In FY 2011, Google reported earnings of $37,905,000,000. So as punishment for obstructing a government investigation, they were fined $25,000, which is the equivalent of less than 20 seconds of revenue. That'll show them.
- k-mcgrady 14y agoThere might be a limit set on how much a company can be fined. The $25,000 is almost just a way of letting the public know they are guilty and for a company that requires so much trust regarding privacy from users the bad publicity is far more costly.
- magicalist 14y agoAs mentioned in the report, that's the maximum that the FCC can levy on a licensee that fails to adequately answer a (not enforced by subpoena) Letter of Inquiry ("failure to respond to Commission communications"). In paragraph 49 they mention that they may start applying much larger fees to companies with that kind of revenue to discourage thinking of that kind of fee "as a cost of doing business".