If we're exploring the space of "they're lying" isn't a simpler explanation be that they're lying about their revenue?

pc86 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

The consequences for lying about revenue as a public company are many orders of magnitude worse than lying about compliance with some private contract or TOS.

	▲	PenguinCoder 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Mess with someone's personal privacy, non-issue. Mess with investors money, instant problem.. Money is more important than people, to these groups.

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cr125rider 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No. The SEC gets very grumpy with public companies if they do that.