*could
won’t
I assume they will settle for 100mil and a promise to not do it again.
100mil over 10 years and stop paying after 1 year.
… for like, at least a week.
Huh, first time I’ve heard a reasonably sized fine
Hopefully they aren’t given 10 years to pay it off like the recent $18B fine for harming children.
“Could” is doing the heavy lifting.
Yeah, it’s just what’s legally possible and definitely won’t happen
Of which they will pay $10 in Chuck E Cheese tokens
please don’t settle
Seize their data centers in the state.
The federal government has interceded and the new penalty is $1.9 million.
How much you want to bet they paid off the administration secretly for that help? There is no doubt.
It’s a fact. They just don’t want to see it.
That’ll show them!
Is there a cap?
The could, and probably should, but they won’t.
People always upvote some form of this comment on every post that contains potential good news. Sometimes y’all need to keep your pessimism to your fucking self. It’s exhausting.
Sadly this is not pessimism but just realism. You are free to block me if that’s too uncomfortable or annoying
No, commenting “it won’t happen” on every single fucking post is pessimism. Sometimes good things happen.
commenting “it won’t happen” on every single fucking post
But I don’t do that, I can’t be blamed for actions of others
If it’s not you it’s someone else, and it’s still pessimism. And people still upvote it, because everything is bad, and all good news is actually bad news.
If you want to stick your head in the sand and hum happy tunes to yourself, give’r. We’ll be up here living in reality where, in fact, most news is bad news for the poor in America. Sorry?
You’re misrepresenting reality. This article is good news, period. A jury decided Meta was at fault, and this is good regardless of your negative framing or how much they end up having to pay.
Facebook denied the claims, arguing the company has adapted its policies since the state’s lawsuit was filed in 2021 and that it removes 99% of content that violates standards. In a deposition played for jurors, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company had robust systems to determine whether content should be taken down.
Yes, standard violating content like ads for a play with content from Virginia Woolf. Feminism is for sure “standards violating content” in a fascist state.
Today: Zuckerberg whispers in Trump’s ear. Tomorrow: Trump announces trade tariffs on Mexico and Venezuela.
This is New Mexico, a US state. Even so, Trump will prob still tariff them.
Mate, as if he knows the difference 🤣. He’ll probably rename it New America.
Today: Zuckerberg whispers in Trump’s ear. Tomorrow: Trump announces trade tariffs on (New)Mexico and (says it’s because Trump declared they’re now part of)Venezuela.
And they could even pay that off in 200 easy instalments!
Funny you mention that, oil companies at least typically pay the first payment or two on fines then stop paying and the feds let it slide. Or in shitholy states like ND they get the state courts to lower the fines to nothing after attention has died down.
That’s why all these tech guys are licking trump’s cankle holders. Like calls to like.
If the media mafia can argue like this, so can Mexico.
