A jury ruled in favor of a Texas woman who said her ex-boyfriend had psychologically and sexually abused her by sharing intimate images of her online without her consent.
The problem is not the he got a laughably high fine, it’s that the others don’t. I think something in the hundreds of thousands would be more appropriate for a private individual. I expect an appeal to reign that in some, if filed.
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Companies have been fined way less when their product literally kills someone.
Kills millions.
Or put forever chemicals everywhere.
Agreed. I’m guessing it’s written in law something like $100,000 per download or something, and it got downloaded a lot.
It financially ruins him for life and sends a strong message though, which is presumably the point.
The problem is not the he got a laughably high fine, it’s that the others don’t. I think something in the hundreds of thousands would be more appropriate for a private individual. I expect an appeal to reign that in some, if filed.