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France fines Amazon $35M for 'excessively intrusive' monitoring of warehouse staff (abcnews.go.com)
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[–] nick@midwest.social 31 points 2 years ago

Oh no, 4 minutes of profit for Amazon. That’ll learn them.

[–] Octospider@lemmy.one 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

$35 million is a rounding error for Amazon. They don't care. When the punishment is a fine, then it's not a problem for the rich.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It’s literally what they consider as the cost of doing business, they have data models about how many laws they can break and what the gains are vs fines. The fines are never more than the gains

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Not even a slap on the wrist.

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

A little ironic considering France's recently approved plans for mass surveillance.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/18/french-courts-approval-of-olympics-ai-surveillance-plan-fuels-privacy-concerns

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 12 points 2 years ago

Pay a cost of doing business fee to the government. Thank you, Amazon, for choosing France.