Fuck it. Hit them with a couple of billion and THEN companies might stop being shitheads to basic human rights.
Agreed.
I only mentioned my range because then perhaps it would move to a different column in their budget.
25 million is nothing to Amazon.
A couple of billion might move it into an enterily new spreadsheet and maybe even precipitate a meeting to figure out who needs to be fired. Maybe.
Amazon makes between $53 million and $54 million an hour. This is the first Google search result, but even if it’s exaggerated, 25 million doesn’t even leave the tiniest mark… It’s sad…
Lol, my life would be over, if i were to be fined 25 million
But you’d be fine if you were fined one hour of minimum wage, likely!
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Totally agree. Facebook should have been absolutely crippled financially after influencing an election, but they get off scot free.
My idea is this:
Instead of a maximum fine being applied, you take a violation, lets say influencing an election, and you calculate how much of the corporations revenue came from that source. (i.e. Facebook messenger revenue would not count for election manipulation). Then, take a huge portion of that revenue (60%, 70%? [Depending on the violation]) and take that from their revenue. Who gives a shit if Facebook literally has to close down one of their services from lack of finances, thats what they get.
mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why not 150%. At a bare minimum every single dollar brought in by illegal action deserves to be taken.
fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah, something at or above 100% would be good. Even at 100% they’re still losing the cost of doing business and getting zero revenue from it which is a poor business decision.