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Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov |
Fun fact, back in 2018 I led the investigation that exposed this practice by mobile carriers and led to massive fines against them. I’ll continue to watchdog it, but it’s another reason why Congress needs to get it together and pass comprehensive privacy legislation.
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Babs...all day
@babsallday.bsky.social
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Thanks for continuing the good fight, Senator.
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@patrickdavitt.bsky.social
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2018 fines (% 2018 revenue): $91MM T-Mobile (2.1%) $57MM AT&T (0.03%) $48MM Verizon (0.01%) $12MM Sprint (0.04%) Total fines $208MM (.06% of $377B). A .06% fine is like a $60 fine for someone with a $100,000 annual salary. "Accountability"? More like a tiny tax on the location data sales.
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Ana Isabel Mejia Andrade
@itoldyouso13.bsky.social
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🗽🫶
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Kreylix
@kreylix.bsky.social
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“Massive fines” are never massive actually meaningful. It’s just a minor cost yo these corporations, barely impacting profits, and never stop them or their competitors from doing it again. This is theater.
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the sixers worrier
@danielb1609.bsky.social
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hey senator, what do these fines go toward? i often see government winning cases aagainst companies and there's some (sometimes relatively) large fines, but does that actually repay or benefit the consumer? facebook faced multiple fines but has only gotten worse.
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Chris
@chrispg12.bsky.social
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the fines are chump change to these companies but that aside the real issue is obviously LAW ENFORCEMENT, the people using the data. and nothing significant has been done about that.
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