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nova9001 t1_j1gmg5s wrote

Reply to comment by basic_maddie in Meta settles Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725 million / The company gained access to the personal information of millions of Facebook users by Sorin61

17% of their quarterly profits is a good deterrent? My lord.....

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basic_maddie t1_j1gmlb9 wrote

I overlooked the “quarter”, my bad. Annual would’ve been reasonable though

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nova9001 t1_j1go5yt wrote

17% annual profits isn't good enough either. If they can make enough to cover that, they would do it again.

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culturedgoat t1_j1gwda3 wrote

You’re talking like Facebook (now Meta) somehow benefited from Cambridge Analytica’s skullduggery. This was all done on the sly, through deception and misuse of public APIs, and the company didn’t even know what was going on until it was too late (which was a key aspect of the scandal). So I’m not sure what you’re referring to when you say they would “do it again”…

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