eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project: It's "gross incompetence," or "gross disregard" for the law. Or both.futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down15
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project: It's "gross incompetence," or "gross disregard" for the law. Or both.futurism.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 days agoWhen the fines aren’t big enough, they’re just the cost of doing business. Penalties for fuckery like this should be at GDPR levels, meaning a percentage of global turnover of the parent company.
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agothat’s the entire point of fines, to internalize external costs. If it’s still profitable after full enforcement of fines then either the fines were not correctly set or the buisness model is a net positive.
When the fines aren’t big enough, they’re just the cost of doing business.
Penalties for fuckery like this should be at GDPR levels, meaning a percentage of global turnover of the parent company.
that’s the entire point of fines, to internalize external costs.
If it’s still profitable after full enforcement of fines then either the fines were not correctly set or the buisness model is a net positive.