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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant (www.bbc.com)
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[–] 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

567,000,000 ÷ 228,248,000,000 × 365 × 24 = 21.76

Exactly 21 hours, 45 minutes, 36 seconds of revenue for them. They literally already made that back since the ruling was made and they haven't even cut a check yet. Cool, I'm sure that'll totally change things.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Not even a full day. That's like fining a person who works at McDonald's like $75

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    I guess it depends on where in the world that person lives. In the state where I grew up, it'd be more like fining a McDonald's employee $45, at least in terms of raw income. But if you're talking about how punitive the measure feels, I think it's more like a $5 fine. Meta budgets and lives in quarters and years; McDonald's employees budget and live in hours and weeks.

    Great way to bring it down to earth, though.

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