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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7lz3wr2rlo
www.bbc.comMeta told to pay another $567m in New Mexico child safety lawsuitA New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.
Replying to @TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com
I wish they could do something like first offence, 10% of your annual revenue for the next 10 years goes to restitution efforts. Second offence, it’s 30% plus the govt. gets to set a CEO and the top management for a year. Thrd strike and the company is shut down and liquidated and the board members or any big stockholders never get to work in that industry again.
Replying to @zlatko@programming.dev
Also, (maybe some would argue first) might be that someone goes to prison over a thing like this.
Replying to @EliteCloneMike@lemmy.zip
Ding ding ding!
Ruin the life of thousands of kids, financial slap on your wrist.
Steal food for feeding your children, you sir ara a threat to humanity. Go to prison for 2 years to reform.
Replying to @EliteCloneMike@lemmy.zip
Like…all shareholders?
Why shouldn’t anyone with an investment in a corporation be culpable for any criminal behavior of the company they’ve invested in? That’s a step or two away from “I didn’t rape and murder that little girl, my LLC did.”
Replying to @zlatko@programming.dev
Government-appointed CEO sounds great if the government appointing them wasn’t corrupt. There’s no way in hell people would be okay with the Trump admin appointing a new CEO of Facebook.
Replying to @TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Zuckerberg would be least okay with it and that’s what matters. There are more important problems regarding Trump. Anyway, could be a court appointed custodian.