NavarianAug 9, 2023

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

https://lemm.ee/post/3699613

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay - lemm.ee

Sanctions were applied after the social media platform delayed compliance with a federal search warrant that required Twitter to hand over Donald Trump’s Twitter data without telling the former president about the warrant for 180 days.

Show threadYoBuckStopsHereAug 9, 2023
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Show threadhglmanAug 9, 2023
350k is a slap. Criminal charges should be made agaist leaders who ordered the delays.
Show threadYoBuckStopsHereAug 9, 2023
Can we send Twitter to prison?
Show threadDarkGamerAug 9, 2023
Seems fair. If corporations are legally people, they ought to be able to be incarcerated like people or executed like people.
Show threadLemmyLefty

I fully agree with this, I’m just not sure what form this would take.

For execution, a dissolution of all properties, patents, inventory, and all assets seized and sold, followed by barring at least the C-suite from working in the same field ever again?

Aug 9, 2023 at 10:15pmWeb
Show threadhglmanAug 9, 2023
Thats a good start.
Show threadDarkGamerAug 9, 2023

In my mind, incarceration would be a freeze on all their assets and business operations for a fixed period of time. Execution would mean full liquidation as though they were bankrupt, all their IPs become public domain, like you mention.

I imagine a C-suite that caused either of these outcomes wouldn't be popular with the investment class since it would cost them meaningful amounts of money. A ban might not even be nessicary.