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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users (apnews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wow! 15 whole million! That'll teach em.

People really need to learn that fines which are not punitive break the social contract and turn the gov/regulator into a criminal co-conspirator engaging in racketeering — merely strong-arming its share of the proceeds, no better than the mob.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder if shutting them down for a period of time would be a better punishment. They might feel it more if they can't collect data and advertise for a week, month, whatever. And that might also have a side effect of people not going back.

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think enough people are addicted to it that they would demand the government undo it. I think adding two zeros to their fine would work better

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

People would definitely cry "censorship".
The old percentage of profit, or whatever, might work better

[–] RonSijm@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Although I agree with the sentiment - the article mentions that it's "only" regarding about 1 mil people. (Probably South Korean users)

So it's still a $15 fine per violation. Could have been much higher, sure, but I don't know if that's a good return of investment for Facebook.

Maybe this case sets an example for other countries or regulatory bodies to start issuing fines to Facebook as well