…The bill in CT, pending before an #education cmte, is 1 of a raft of measures advancing nationwide that seek to do things like prohibit #BookBans or forbid the #harassment of school & public librarians…. Legislators in 22 mostly blue states have proposed 57 such bills so far this year, & 2 have become #law….
But the #library-friendly measures are being outpaced by bills in mostly #RedStates that aim to restrict which #books#libraries can offer & #threaten#librarians w/ #prison or thousands in #fines for handing out “obscene” or “harmful” titles. At least 27 states are considering 100 such bills this year, 3 of which have become #law…. That adds to nearly a dozen similar measures enacted over the last 3 yrs across 10 states.
Ahora que estoy empezando (después de 5 años) a aprender el Finés, de lo primero que he aprendido es que el Fines tiene una forma de hablar y otra de escribir. Y que me ha recordado al andaluz que oficialmente se escribe de una forma y se habla de otra. Por ejemplo "mi nombre" se dice "mun nimi" y se escribe "minun nimi". #DiaDeAndalucia#Fines#Finlandia
The #warrant, obtained in Jan, adds a new dimension to the scope of the federal inquiry into #Jan6, 2021.
The court papers, which emerged from an appeal by Twitter challenging the judge’s decision to issue the warrant, did not reveal what prosecutors were looking for….
On Feb 2, #Twitter filed a motion to vacate the #nondisclosure order & #JackSmith’s team sought a #contempt order from Howell. Howell held Twitter in contempt & approved #fines beginning at $50k/day, doubling for each day of #noncompliance.
“The court adopted that suggestion, noting Twitter was sold for over $40B & its owner’s net worth was over $180B. Twitter did not object to the sanctions formula,” the appeals court noted.
Twitter did not fully comply until Feb 9, resulting in the $350k fine.
A few months ago some rich people paid a company called OceanGate a whole lot of money to get into a submersible to go to the bottom of the ocean in order to see the wreckage of the Titanic.
That's a lot of terms. Some definitions are likely in order.
One can cleary see this because #fines as a #punishment make certain actions only illegal for #poor people.
For example: Illegally parking somewhere despite signage banning it is seen as a "business expense" by rich people instead, as it's cheaper than pay for a fixed parking spot in a garage...
I really don't understand this. This article mentions in passing that Asda was fined £30,000 twice for failing to respond to information requests and for being unable to explain how being taken over affected its fuel pricing policy. In the same paragraph it mentions that Asda is acquiring a fuel business for £2.27bn.
Asda has enough money to be able to make acquisitions of businesses that are not its core business costing in the billions. A fine in the tens of thousands is literally not even noticeable to them. What is the point? I accept the CMA may not have power to impose a greater fine (I don't know), but what's the point in a regulator that either cannot or will not impose fines that actually hurt their targets?
It happens all over the place, companies being handed fines that aren't even negligible, they're just not actually noticeable. Nobody will follow the rules if it costs substantially less to break them than it does to follow them.
It’s getting very hard to argue that Twitter is acting in good faith. This guy has no ideological ties for against Twitter, he just wants to report on Russian movements. But Twitter is making it near impossible to do anything useful with their product
The legal fees can easily be a lot more than the costs that are being cut. But also, remember there are lawsuits over the terminations, and I wouldn't be surprised if the State of California issued #fines or even #sued Twitter.
All-in-all I don't see their current position as a financial win.