No, they’re not. They’ll get away with anything until Trump is out of office.
Prove me wrong
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This simply gives the Trump Administration and future administrations more leverage to get Meta to do its bidding.
They already have all the leverage they need. Don’t blame me for pointing that out.
Who is blaming who for what? I agree with your first comment, I'm just expanding on what I believe are the further implications. People like Trump will never feel they have "enough" leverage over others.
We (collectively) have a big problem with failing to recognize "yes, and" replies around here. Sometimes things are concurrences, not rebuttals!
Their problems may be worse than I think, but they're not nearly as bad as I want.
Clickbait, nothing will happen
than you think
Journalist-talk for "There's nothing worth reading under the headline".
While alone isn't much, $18 billion payout isn’t exactly a small amount. And things CAN change if people stop giving up their privacy, time and freedom to big tech's companies. Also giving up with a pessimistic approach is EXACTLY what them want from you.
18bn over 10 years.
How about we ban them from the industries and sectors they just proved they can't be trusted to be in?