EU may fine Facebook for $1.63 billion for a data breach and $122 million for antitrust A European Union privacy watchdog could fine Facebook Inc. as much as $1.63 billion for a data breach announced Friday in which hackers compromised the accounts of more than 50 million users.  Why don't we break them up here using antitrust laws or at least fine them similarly here at home and use the fines collected to create transparent and independent competitors. Links: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-may-face-163-billion-eu-fine-for-breach-2018-09-30 https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-eu-fine-163-billion-massive-data-breach-50-million-users-2018-10 Or break them up using our antitrust laws? Old news but we can at least try to fine them like the EU did? https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/facebook-receives-122-million-fine-from-the-european-union/527325/ FCC compromised or spineless??