Although the fines were originally proposed when the FCC was controlled by Republicans, the vote to finalize the penalties was 3-2 with dissents from Republicans Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington.

Shows what matters most to them. It certainly isn’t the wellbeing of their constituents.

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    • US helps create monopolies
    • Buys data off those monopolies for surveillance
    • Pretend-fines pocket change for those monopolies
    • Make it seem like a big deal in media
    • The dumb populace believe the BS and point to it as some sort of win.
    • Rinse and Repeat
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    • US helps create monopolies
    • Buys data off those monopolies for surveillance
    • Pretend-fines pocket change for those monopolies
    • Make it seem like a big deal in media
    • The dumb populace believe the BS and point to it as some sort of win.
    • Rinse and Repeat
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    Nothing will change until they start jailing people. Fines are just the cost of doing business in the modern era.

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    Just the cost of doing business. I bet they made more on the sale.