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mochomocha | 1 year ago

> Do list the names of famous bureaucrats that got famous because they fined rich companies.

Thierry Breton is another name that comes to mind.

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sofixa|1 year ago

The guy who was a CEO of a top 10 digital services (?) company worldwide, Atos, and before that of the biggest French telecom (France Telecom/Orange). He was named 3 times in the top 100 CEOs by Harvard Business Review. He was a minister of economics, finances and industry for 2 years. Also has a few sci-fi books.

And for you, he became popular when he was named European Commissioner? Which company did he fine to become famous with his new position?

x0x0|1 year ago

The dude who can't submit a post to Twitter/bsky without including a glamor shot of himself?

hnbad|1 year ago

Never heard of her.

The only actual example I can think of is Schrems and he didn't fine anyone, he merely dismantled the shoddily constructed EU-US privacy law circumventions (Privacy Shield etc). And I had to look up his first name (Max) because I only knew his name from the court cases (notably Schrems II).

SiempreViernes|1 year ago

Heh, great illustration of how hollow the "politician acting for fame" accusation is: the only name you could think of is of an EFF-like activist, he's not a politician at all :D

rsynnott|1 year ago

Also, he's not a bureaucrat or politician.