Hacker News with Generative AI: Fines

Big Tech earns enough in less than 3 weeks to pay all 2024 fines (proton.me)
In 2024, governments worldwide fined some of the world’s largest tech companies — Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft — a combined $8.2 billion.

Big Tech, Fines, Regulation, Revenue, Economics

13 points by jethronethro 30 days ago | 1 comments

Noyb WIN: Dutch authority fines Netflix €4.75M (noyb.eu)
noyb has achieved a win against Netflix. Almost five years after the complaint has been filed, the Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has finally issued a decision. The authority is imposing a fine of €4.75 million against the streaming provider because it failed to adequately inform customers about what it does with their data.

Privacy, Data Protection, Lawsuits, Fines, Streaming Services

5 points by latexr 66 days ago | 0 comments

The creators of the Mozilla Firefox browser were fined in Russia (ria.ru)
Таганский суд Москвы оштрафовал на 3,5 миллиона рублей владельца браузера Mozilla за отказ удалить запрещённый контент, сообщили РИА Новости в суде.

Mozilla Firefox, Russia, Censorship, Law, Fines

3 points by paulcarroty 108 days ago | 0 comments

Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world (bbc.co.uk)
A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles - a two followed by 36 zeroes - for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube.

Russia, Fines, Google, Censorship, Media

8 points by Heidaradar 113 days ago | 1 comments

Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world (bbc.com)
A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles - a two followed by 36 zeroes - for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube.

Russia, Fines, Censorship, Google, YouTube

20 points by ciccionamente 114 days ago | 2 comments

Russia fines Google $2.5 decillion (androidauthority.com)
Google has accumulated a fine of around 2 undecillion rubles ($2.5 decillion USD) in Russia.

Russia, Fines, Google, Technology

12 points by Eavolution 115 days ago | 4 comments

Russia fines Google $2.5 x 10^33 (independent.co.uk)
A Russian court has fined Google $2.5 decillion for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin propaganda on YouTube.

Russia, Fines, Google, Censorship, Propaganda

4 points by microsoftedging 115 days ago | 3 comments

EU considers including Elon Musk's business empire to calculate potential X fine (ft.com)

EU, Elon Musk, Business, Regulations, Fines

6 points by belter 127 days ago | 1 comments

T-Mobile pays $16M fine for three years' worth of data breaches (arstechnica.com)
T-Mobile has agreed to pay a $15.75 million fine and improve its security in a settlement over a series of data breaches over three years that affected tens of millions of customers.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, T-Mobile, Legal Settlements, Fines

60 points by pseudolus 144 days ago | 22 comments

X and Starlink face $1M in daily fines for alleged ban evasion in Brazil (cnbc.com)

SpaceX, Starlink, Brazil, Fines, Regulations

45 points by JumpCrisscross 155 days ago | 94 comments

Uber fined €290M ($324M) in Netherlands for sending drivers' data to the US (reuters.com)

Data Privacy, Fines, Europe, Uber, Netherlands

86 points by nabla9 180 days ago | 2 comments

San Francisco's Millennium Tower owners could face $10k fine for open windows (nbcbayarea.com)

San Francisco, Fines, Building Regulations, Real Estate

9 points by upon_drumhead 188 days ago | 5 comments

Apple's Just Fines (joe-steel.com)