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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Thursday, 25-Oct-2018 06:49:22 EDT switching.social

   As predicted by many commentators, #CambridgeAnalytica is going to escape punishment because all the people involved simply formed a new (but legally separate) company:

   https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-24/-houdini-act-looms-at-cambridge-analytica-as-everyone-vanishes

   By going after companies and not people, it is very difficult to enforce privacy laws.

   This is a familiar pattern that commercial con artists use: run up liabilities with one company, then transfer assets to a new company. If they get caught, they simply do it again, and it's legal.

   #DeleteFacebook

   1. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Thursday, 25-Oct-2018 08:45:44 EDT mangeurdenuage

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      If CAnalytica needs to be punished for what it did them all of these companies too:
      https://loadaverage.org/url/3523927