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Starting today Facebook must pay $100.000 to Norway each day for violating our right to privacy. (tutanota.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by merde@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] KonekoSalem@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the 2 points the article makes about that are pretty valid though. It's most probably more than Facebook's revenue in this single country plus it's just the beginning.

[–] MisterMcBolt@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It must be nice to live in a country that actively protects its people.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would love for the EU to just go all-out hardcore privacy protection and fine GAFAM et al. into fucking oblivion for not complying. If they shut down services, that's probably for the better, although it will be a rough awakening for most people (probably including myself)

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

GAFAM?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Google Amazon Facebook Apple Microsoft 👉 big tech

[–] Tubbles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aka facegoomicrappama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tQzCqkIQ60

[–] Phanatik@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Just a guess:

Google
Amazon
Facebook
Apple
Microsoft

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The big 5 tech: Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft

There's a few other acronyms for the same, this is the one I remember most often

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Companies operate at a loss in certain markets all the time in order to keep competition out. Even if they're not profitable in Norway, they don't want a Norwegian social network muscling in on their territory.

"Competition is for losers." - Peter Thiel, first investor in Facebook and mentor of Mark Zuckerberg