Darkassassin07

Did... Did you just ask; why creating photo-realistic sexually explicit material of real children, should be illegal?

As far as I understand; it's not the tools used that makes this illegal, but the realism/accuracy of the final product regardless of how it was produced.

If you were to have a high proficiency with manual Photoshop and produced similar quality fakes, you'd be committing the same crime(s)

creating child sex abuse images

and

offenses against their victims’ moral integrity

The thing is, AI tools are becoming more and more accessible to teens. Time, effort, and skill are no longer roadblocks to creating these images; which leaves very very little in an irresponsible teenagers way...

You only amass that kind of wealth and power by stepping on the backs of those you deem beneath you.

Billionaires are a cancer on society.

The IMEI is potentially useful as it's a device identifier, but generally doesn't matter to anyone except your carrier.

On that note; the carrier may be able to tell you when that IMEI first became associated with your phone plan. My phone plan long pre-dates the last like 6 devices I've had so they'd have that history for many of them.

That's not a database you can search whenever you'd like though; that's a call and ask nicely.

Guess they'll have to cut back on all those live action scenes...

Raising kids -> wishing to not be -> regretting that wish. (I had to go look at the chapter images to remember that myself, lol)

You mean adding more hands, each wanting their own cut; drives up prices?

Who could have guessed.

Legal ≠ Right.

I could be wrong; but it came across to me as a "we'll sell you one at a special discount"

Oh god! The Chinese know how tight my shoes are? They could overthrow the entire globe with such devastating info!

I agree with the families; This deal is absurdly good for Boeing. Too good.

Compared to past fines, and their income; that fine is insultingly low. Low enough that it can be burried in an expense report and forgotten about.

Then there's the 'felony' conviction that's already planned to be hand waved away to allow Boeing to continue their various government/military contracts unimpeded...

I'm certainly not going to hold my breath hoping for meaningful results out of the court-appointed monitor. It's easy enough to posture up while/where you know you're being watched; then let it all fall back to shit as soon as you're clear again.

Stole someone's thoughts/ideas? $958 million

In 2006, Boeing paid $615m in fines for trade secret theft and the 2001 Air Force leasing tanker scandal. That’s worth more than $958m today. It was up to then the largest fine for a defense contractor.

Bribery/export violations? $620 million

In 2020, Airbus paid the Justice Department $527m in fines ($620m in today’s dollars) for violating bribery and US ITAR regulations. ITAR restricts technology transfers.

346 people killed? $539 million (spread across three years)

$487.2m in fines in two tranches ($539.2m adjusted for inflation).