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Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle claims its platforms harm children (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 34 points 2 months ago (5 children)

"up to" over 10 years, which means they'll pay 1.8B this year, a massive 3% of annual income, for now and find a way to get out of this before the decade is up

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    And no user will see a nickel

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    Where does the money go? Tax revenue? Is that how we’re making the rich pay their share? I didn’t violate any laws, but I still pay taxes and they should too — for the same reasons.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    35% to the lawyers

    15% to court, state, lawyer administrative costs

    40% to Governor's cousin's LLC established since last Tuesday specializing in child online safety issues according to their website which goes on to read "would you like me to create promotional flyers and other materials in addition to the website"?

    15% nobody can trace where it went - but did you know BOYS are playing GIRL sports?!

    25% to a program that passively encourages risky online behavior

    20% to pro-business tax breaks

    That's right taxpayer, you're gonna need to chip in for the extra 50%.

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