5 ms·
Ok, now can we also have a three-strikes policy please, with prison sentences. Otherwise this is just the cost of doing business.
by amelius 1y ago
Ok, now can we also have a three-strikes policy please, with prison sentences. Otherwise this is just the cost of doing business.
- reorder9695 1y agoAlmost 3bn euros is one hell of a cost of business though, that's approximately a euro for every 2.5 people on the planet
- isodev 1y agoGoogle has been serving a lot of ads over the years.
- thinkingtoilet 1y agoUntil the rich people who green light things like this go to jail it will literally never stop. Someone, somewhere needs to be responsible for policies that break the law and they need to go to jail.
- lucketone 1y agoMy company has a committee that votes on these kinds of things. You as a prosecutor, who will you take to jail? whole committee? Those who voted in-favour? Somebody who brought the proposal? Only CEO? Each of these decisions if done consistently over time, would invoke changes in companies, to get some fall-guys in right places.
- alkonaut 1y agoFor usual corporate crimes: Usually CEO and/or a few senior individuals who you could prove was part of a conspiracy and aware it was a crime, through emails, chat logs etc.
- thinkingtoilet 1y agoThe very easy and obvious answer is the people who are responsible. If there is a committee then the obvious answer is the people who voted for it. It's not hard. It's like saying what if I break the law but I do it with three other people, who goes to jail? The obvious answer is everyone who broke the law goes to jail. If a fifth person did not participate and said you should not break the law, the very obvious answer is the person who did not participate and who did not break the law does not go to jail. It's not complicated at all.
- udev4096 1y ago[flagged]
- djtango 1y agoHuh? Google generated 350B in revenues in 2024... 3B is pocket change to them
- jjani 1y agoIt's 15% of their yearly net profit in the region. Not even revenue. 3bn sounds like a lot because we haven't gotten used to the absurd profit levels that these monstrosities have reached.
- reorder9695 1y agoI actually do think that's significant, if someone took 15% of your yearly earnings this year that would definitely be noticed. I'm not saying it's the right amount, I'm saying that is enough to be felt and therefore isn't the tiny fines you often tend to see
- Anonyneko 1y agoFor Google that's a slap on the wrist.
- generic92034 1y agoBut a slap which can easily be repeated (even with more force), if Google does not comply.
- isoprophlex 1y agoAgreed. Megacorps where noone has actual honest skin in the game and every unethical decision can be paved over with money are bad news for most of us.
- roscas 1y agoJust another day in the office. European Commission... commission...
- roscas 1y agoOh no, someone from the Commission just down voted me. Bet it was those who were asked about corruption and cut the microphone to those who really care. We do deserve better in Europe. This one is for Google. But Facebook and others do the same. How can we let them do this. If you have responsability and let this happen, you just allow it.
- ranguna 1y agoNot the one who down-voted you, but I thought about it. I believe the reason you got down-voted was because you comment did not add anything of productive to the discussion.
- mc32 1y agoHow would that work? Infraction > Officers quit; new set of officers > infraction > officers quit; new set of officers…
- riku_iki 1y agoexecs will jump with golden parachute after first strike.