• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

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

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      7 months ago

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

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        7 months ago

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

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          7 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.