Comment by gman83
17 days ago
This whole "the EU fining us for breaking EU law is a tariff" narrative is such BS. The big tech companies just don't like the privacy & consumer protection laws in the EU so now they're getting the US government to help them bully the EU into submission.
Yes, criminals get fined, I don't understand why part of the HN crowd support criminals that much.
The fines are not all crime-related. They don't come out of a criminal court.
In my country, any fine > 135€ have to be given by a judge. If you want to discriminate between 'crime' and 'offense', be my guest, breaking the law get you fined, respect it, you'll be fine.