facing fines of up to six percent of their annual worldwide revenue

  • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Six percent is just ‘cost of doing business’. Make the fine big enough that zuck actually cares, and then the illegal activity will stop. I suggest 50%.

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      21 hours ago

      It’s six percent of revenue, not 6% of profit.

      Meta’s net profit margin is around 40%, so the fine would be around 15% of their yearly profits. That’s not insignificant.

      On top of the fine for being in violation, they can be fined 5% of their daily profits every day until they’re in compliance.

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      24 hours ago

      Isn’t the digital services act a bad thing, similar to the UK online safety act … government overreach trying to block free speech .