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Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial (www.npr.org)
submitted 6 days ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 19 points 6 days ago* (1 child)

cost of doing business. I wish I was fined the equivalent of £12 for any possible crime.

pathetic. usa is a pathetic hellhole.

settling means meta doesnt get dragged through couet and discovery.

do your god damn job prosecutors

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  • [–] 0 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    maybe the prosecutors decided that meta has more money and better lawyers than the actual fucking state AGs..... maybe this was the best deal they could possibly get....

    maybe the issue isn't the legal system, it's the fact that these companies have become more powerful than the country itself....

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    • [+] 12 points 5 days ago (1 child)
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    • [–] 11 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    So basically no consequences for Zuck abusing a generation of children for profit?

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  • [–] 3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Zuck and Meta Investors.

    The fact that school pension systems, among others, are passively supporting this by refusing to divest is probably a bigger slap in society's face than a single creep like Zuck abusing children for profit.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    I disagree, divestment in profitable companies just rewards immoral investors. Plus Zuck has full voting control over Meta so shareholder's votes mean nothing. I just want Zuck to be held accountable under the existing laws.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

    So you're saying that you don't want to miss out on any money that can be made from exploiting children?

    Zuck may be at the top, but all of Meta violated the law, I assume as an investor you support this "cost of doing business" slap on the wrist because... Profits over everything, amirite?

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    • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    And again a small tax over the insane profits they reaped on all this

    They knew what they were doing, they knew the harm, why aren't the c suite in jail by now?

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