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FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time location data (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

            
              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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

AT&T revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2024 was $122.317B