they ARE above the law, at least it would seem so.
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land@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago💯 Big tech companies think they’re above the law.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
History has shown that they are.
nlgranger@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No, they are the system, and the system is held together by the law.
thejml@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Thus far, they’d basically be right. Any fines are simply chocked up to “cost of doing business” expenses and since no one wants to either make solid laws against this stuff OR hold them accountable for current ones, they’ll just keep at it.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
If a law has a fine, it was created to deter poor people.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That depends on if it is a dayfine or not.
A fine of €500 for speeding will only really affect poor people, 30 dayfines which value is dictated by the wealth of the individual is a better system.
azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
This can be hard to implement and avoidable through “creative accounting” (e.g. living off daddy money with no declared income) so as a hybrid/additional solution fines should turn into penalties over repeat offences.
Some countries use points licensing where your driver’s license will simply be taken away if you have too many recent infractions on record.
Companies should also be prevented from doing certain kinds of business if they repeatedly break the law. We have legal frameworks for this, we are just refusing to apply them due to politics and corruption.