Remember that this is just one case in isolation. US-based data hoarders like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and so on are also regularly sued for various privacy law violations.
And they all deserve it equally, TikTok included. I hope no one is left out.
That said, unfortunately, the punishment is often a joke, which means these companies simply pay it out of their pocket change and then continue doing the exact same stuff.
For example, France sued TikTok for something like 5 million $. Unless that number goes into the billions at least, I bet it’s still way more profitable for those companies to continue to absolutely sh*t on anything privacy related.
So, in essence, nothing will change because of this. Not for US-based data privacy violators, not for Chinese-based.
“Same shit, different country” has never been more fitting.
This is more because TikTok is under a microscope right now. All of them do it, but they have done enough work on TikTok, due to the congressional ban, to find the cracks the DOJ can get into.
But I do hope they are given an actual punishment and it has a chilling effect.
You’re absolutely right with this. I consider the fines a way from the state to get their share of these companies cake. Sadly they don’t really care they’re breaking laws
Remember that this is just one case in isolation. US-based data hoarders like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and so on are also regularly sued for various privacy law violations. And they all deserve it equally, TikTok included. I hope no one is left out. That said, unfortunately, the punishment is often a joke, which means these companies simply pay it out of their pocket change and then continue doing the exact same stuff. For example, France sued TikTok for something like 5 million $. Unless that number goes into the billions at least, I bet it’s still way more profitable for those companies to continue to absolutely sh*t on anything privacy related. So, in essence, nothing will change because of this. Not for US-based data privacy violators, not for Chinese-based. “Same shit, different country” has never been more fitting.
This is more because TikTok is under a microscope right now. All of them do it, but they have done enough work on TikTok, due to the congressional ban, to find the cracks the DOJ can get into.
But I do hope they are given an actual punishment and it has a chilling effect.
You’re absolutely right with this. I consider the fines a way from the state to get their share of these companies cake. Sadly they don’t really care they’re breaking laws