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Meta, and Google have already been fined in the billions for privacy violations; telling us that no-one can get away with it, doesn't matter if it is in the EU or in the US.

TikTok is getting scrutinised and having state-level bans in the US and is already getting their warnings and being in the cross-hairs of the regulators in the EU. [0]

Next, TikTok will face hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines and if repeated it will be in the billions.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/technology/comply-with-eu-rules-or-f...

have already been fined in the billions for privacy violations

And all they've done in response is bring out their lawyers to argue about it, plus release PR to claim the high ground.

Let me know when there's fundamental improvements in these companies from this. I'll wait...

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