People convicted of insider trading get prison sentences. Was theirs a violent crime? No. Did they cause a recession, harming thousands of people? No.
They're sent to prison because it has a deterrent effect, in an industry where insider trading is easily accomplished by also hard to prove in court.
Same goes here. The public has no ability to audit FB's data collection and sharing practices. We simply have to take their word for it when they announce a new "privacy-focused Facebook".
If prosecutors can find a criminal charge that sticks, any conviction should lead to jail time.
They're sent to prison because it has a deterrent effect, in an industry where insider trading is easily accomplished by also hard to prove in court.
Same goes here. The public has no ability to audit FB's data collection and sharing practices. We simply have to take their word for it when they announce a new "privacy-focused Facebook".
If prosecutors can find a criminal charge that sticks, any conviction should lead to jail time.