Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1499arrow-down1external-linkAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squarenick@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up65arrow-down9·6 months agoBet they get fined all of 1 million dollars.
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·6 months agoRead the article please. 23 million in 2022, but the former president of AT&T was personally indicted on Friday.
minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·6 months agoIt was just the president for AT&T Illinois. The actual high muckety mucks won’t get in any trouble.
minus-squarenick@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·6 months agoOk so what is 23mil to AT&T? Jack shit. It’s the cost of doing business, there will be no serious repercussions.
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 months agoI agree, which is why it’s WORSE that they were charged 23 million and still consider it the cost of doing business. It’s also like … line 3. Literally asking for the smallest amount of effort here.
minus-squareDelusional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-26 months agoWhy would they get fined for doing something that is perfectly legal and that every other company does daily?
Bet they get fined all of 1 million dollars.
Read the article please.
23 million in 2022, but the former president of AT&T was personally indicted on Friday.
It was just the president for AT&T Illinois. The actual high muckety mucks won’t get in any trouble.
Exactly.
Ok so what is 23mil to AT&T? Jack shit. It’s the cost of doing business, there will be no serious repercussions.
I agree, which is why it’s WORSE that they were charged 23 million and still consider it the cost of doing business.
It’s also like … line 3. Literally asking for the smallest amount of effort here.
Why would they get fined for doing something that is perfectly legal and that every other company does daily?