Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippolitics@lemmy.world
arrow-up1496arrow-down1external-linkAT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t saysarstechnica.comWilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zippolitics@lemmy.world
minus-squareBluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up47·7 months agoAnd remove any government contracts. Exclude them from.any future government bids for 10 years.
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down1·7 months agoRevoke their corporate license. Death of corporations and criminals charges for those in charge should be on the table.
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 months agoThat’s another thing. Should telecom really not be a utility in this day and age? But we let Nestle sell us water so that is never gonna happen.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoWould that not be cruel and unusual punishment? Since we’re considering them individuals via citizens united, a death penalty for bribery is extreme. Criminal charges for those in charge and those who actually did the bribery, totally tho.
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoHahaha damn your right. What if we plant a few grams of cannabis in the parking lot?
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoFUCKIN JAIL FOR EVERYONE WHO EVER WORKED THERE
minus-squareoatscooplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoYeah … good luck with that considering how entrenched AT&T is is. For example after 9/11 it was decided the country needed an interoperable public safety broadband network: The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). I’ll give you one guess as to which carrier got the contract to build and operate it.
And remove any government contracts. Exclude them from.any future government bids for 10 years.
Revoke their corporate license. Death of corporations and criminals charges for those in charge should be on the table.
Nationalize att
That’s another thing. Should telecom really not be a utility in this day and age? But we let Nestle sell us water so that is never gonna happen.
Would that not be cruel and unusual punishment? Since we’re considering them individuals via citizens united, a death penalty for bribery is extreme.
Criminal charges for those in charge and those who actually did the bribery, totally tho.
Hahaha damn your right. What if we plant a few grams of cannabis in the parking lot?
FUCKIN JAIL FOR EVERYONE WHO EVER WORKED THERE
Yeah … good luck with that considering how entrenched AT&T is is.
For example after 9/11 it was decided the country needed an interoperable public safety broadband network: The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).
I’ll give you one guess as to which carrier got the contract to build and operate it.