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I'm not saying that what occurred was not bad, merely that it was not necessarily malicious and did not constitute theft.
by ruswick 14y ago
I'm not saying that what occurred was not bad, merely that it was not necessarily malicious and did not constitute theft.
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- malloc2x 14y agoDon't know what jurisdiction you're in, but fraudulent transactions[1] == "theft" in the colloquial/moral sense where I'm from. Malice is not requisite to defraud. [1] I charge you for services but do not provide them.
- ruswick 14y agoWhere I'm from, theft requires intent. Fraud requires intent. If money is lost through unintentional error, there may be legal repercussions, but it will almost assuredly be a civil suit. I don't see how it would be untenable to charge anyone at Facebook with an actual crime for this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theft
- philh 14y agoIt's not entirely simple, because when they realise the mistake, they have to correct it. I don't know how to unpack the question of whether Facebook has realised the mistake, and I don't know what Facebook's internal state is.