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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49145461

Meta has been up to no good for a while - always?

Is $1.4 trillion a reasonable amount for these cases? Who knows.

Is it reasonable compensation for all the evil they’ve done? I’d argue yes.

It’s essentially their entire market capitalization as a penalty.

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[–] baller_w@lemmy.zip 4 points 12 hours ago

I may be reading this wrong, but that’s almost their entire net worth of $1.57T.

…good

[–] CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

"They're good dogs, Bront"

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Is it enough to hurt? If not then it's not enough.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It might convince a lot of investors that the writing is on the wall and cause them to sell off and flee. That could cause a mid to long term collapse.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

The world is made up mostly of if, so it's better to make peace with it.

I mean, the entire company is valued at like $1.6T… So, yeah? That’s assuming the actual fines end up being at the headline amount though, which they never are.