Yeah I know; I wrote “actual” fuckery to contrast with that.
I would like to see Google punished with weekly-doubling fines for the things it actually deserves to be punished for, as opposed to blocking Russian propaganda, which it does not deserve to be punished for.
Fines need to be payable, otherwise they are a joke. A large chunk of global revenue GDPR-style is reasonable because it really hurts the profits but it’s still small enough that the company can pay it, and it will incentivize the company to change their practices. If the company (or anyone) gets a fine they can’t pay they will just ignore it, so it only makes sense if you want to kick out the company out of your country, in which case you should skip the extra steps.
On one hand, fuck Russia.
On the other hand…
…I really wish western governments had the balls to impose fines like this on tech companies when they engage in actual fuckery.
That “fuckery” was blocking Russian propaganda on YouTube due to US sanctions.
Yeah I know; I wrote “actual” fuckery to contrast with that.
I would like to see Google punished with weekly-doubling fines for the things it actually deserves to be punished for, as opposed to blocking Russian propaganda, which it does not deserve to be punished for.
If you’re the Russian state then Google deserves this.
What you want is authoritarianism when it suites you, and liberalism when it doesn’t.
Fines need to be payable, otherwise they are a joke. A large chunk of global revenue GDPR-style is reasonable because it really hurts the profits but it’s still small enough that the company can pay it, and it will incentivize the company to change their practices. If the company (or anyone) gets a fine they can’t pay they will just ignore it, so it only makes sense if you want to kick out the company out of your country, in which case you should skip the extra steps.