FCC finalizes $196M penalties for location-data sales revealed in 2018.

Although the fines were originally proposed when the FCC was controlled by Republicans, the vote to finalize the penalties was 3-2 with dissents from Republicans Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington.

Shows what matters most to them. It certainly isn’t the wellbeing of their constituents.

  • @[email protected]English
    0•7 months ago
    • US helps create monopolies
    • Buys data off those monopolies for surveillance
    • Pretend-fines pocket change for those monopolies
    • Make it seem like a big deal in media
    • The dumb populace believe the BS and point to it as some sort of win.
    • Rinse and Repeat