• @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not after the fact. They are due process when the government has to prove it’s case before it can take punitive action. If the government is allowed to take punitive action without going to court to prove it’s needed than there is no due process.

    Why is that so hard to understand?

    • @FiniteBanjo
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      -22 months ago

      I guess parking tickets aren’t due process either, then.

      • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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        12 months ago

        You realize the ticket is actually a court date right? Most people just choose to plead guilty and pay the fine.

        • @FiniteBanjo
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          -22 months ago

          That is literally analogous to an FTC fine in every way.

          • @Maggoty@lemmy.world
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            -32 months ago

            This isn’t a fine. And there’s no requirement to file charges in court and prove data is being mishandled.

            • @FiniteBanjo
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              -22 months ago

              If we’re being semantic this isn’t an anything because the only thing it says is that the FTC can do FTC things to any company that sends data to an adversarial nation.