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Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.::"For too long, Amazon has treated children's sensitive data as its own property," Josh Golin, executive director of Fairplay, said in a statement.

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[–] Bael422 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why even fine corporations at this point? Put the ones involved behind bars and shut the company down, liquidate their assets, and divide it to the victims when they do criminal shit.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the death penalty exists and corps are people, why aren't companies being executed?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If that actually were the punishment, you'd actually see companies behaving a lot less evil very quickly. A tiny fine that isn't even a blip in the companies pocket won't do anything.