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EU considers calculating X fines by including revenue from Musk’s other firms (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be on the company's insurance to cover, and shipping companies should be absolutely required to carry insurance for things like oil spills.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sure.. mostly they do.. but then captains are drunk, maintenance is poor and the insurance declines to pay.. or drags that out through court for 2 decades.. meanwhile governments have to foot the bill. The examples are endless unfortunately.