fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoFCC hits Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again • The Registerwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down13
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minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·3 months agoThey won’t notice, as fines are already in the cost projections.
minus-squareOberonSwanson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 months agoThe depressing fact this is already in their calculations really suggests fines should be vary based on a percentage of the company’s profits, not a set number for all.
minus-squareP1nkman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoIf you do something illegal, and the result is a fixed fine, it’s only “illegal” for poor people. Rich people dgaf if they have to pay fine/ticket.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoNever profits. Must be revenue. Companies have ways of looking like they don’t make a profit, especially when it comes to filing taxes. “Oh, we created a subsidiary in Ireland and, gosh darn, they charged us a gagillion dollars for this pen. We actually have a loss this year.” Beat “Stimulus please!”
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoOr it shouldn’t be a fine, but criminal prosecution for the executives responsible.
minus-squareBakkoda@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAnd have been passed on to the consumer in doing so.
They won’t notice, as fines are already in the cost projections.
The depressing fact this is already in their calculations really suggests fines should be vary based on a percentage of the company’s profits, not a set number for all.
If you do something illegal, and the result is a fixed fine, it’s only “illegal” for poor people. Rich people dgaf if they have to pay fine/ticket.
Never profits. Must be revenue.
Companies have ways of looking like they don’t make a profit, especially when it comes to filing taxes.
“Oh, we created a subsidiary in Ireland and, gosh darn, they charged us a gagillion dollars for this pen. We actually have a loss this year.”
Beat
“Stimulus please!”
Or it shouldn’t be a fine, but criminal prosecution for the executives responsible.
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And have been passed on to the consumer in doing so.