An $18B settlement – and Zuckerberg barely blinked
geox
11 points
2 comments
August 29, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
nchmy
Just a cost of doing business. Makes me think of how Apple's legal team was defended/celebrated by Tim Cook for their constant shenanigans - every year they continue to extort App Store developers, for example, they make far more than they'll ever pay in fines. https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/06/10/tim-cook-supporte...
cjbenedikt
As long as companies can just settle without anybody responsible ever going to jail nothing will change.