stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 1 year agoDOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billionwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: fuck_cars@lemmy.mlfuckcars@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWait… Ebay is merely a marketplace where people or vendors use the platform to sell their goods. Shouldn’t the individuals be sued? Or maybe it’s because they could be in another country, so they go after the platform itself for allowing such devices to be sold?
minus-squareVode An@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoGoing after the marketplace is a more efficient strategy than playing whack a mole with individual sellers.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThe correct way would be to go after the buyers
minus-squareDeepFriedDresden@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe war on drugs would like a word.
Wait… Ebay is merely a marketplace where people or vendors use the platform to sell their goods.
Shouldn’t the individuals be sued?
Or maybe it’s because they could be in another country, so they go after the platform itself for allowing such devices to be sold?
Going after the marketplace is a more efficient strategy than playing whack a mole with individual sellers.
The correct way would be to go after the buyers
The war on drugs would like a word.