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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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[–] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

IANAL, but doesn't settlement mean they don't admit fault, they have no judgement to actually force changes, and the same case can't be brought again, aka, they get to keep harming kids, just have to cough up some tiny slice of profit and offer some lip service to doing better? Or, to rephrase, as long as the government gets a cut, they can keep abusing?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Settlements usually come with enforceable changes. If they continue the same practices, they can be sued again. In such a case, the penalties will likely be established ahead of time in the settlement and will be significantly harsher for the repeat offense.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Thats correct. So basically good for the company and the lawyers. Sometimes its the best option but in this case, just means they can do it again.

    I worked for a security company that has stolen wages and has settled out of court 4 separate times. They will likely continue to do so.

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