alt Hacker NewsI haven't read this article, but I can tell you for certain that no verdict was handed down that will punish them in any way that matters. They have and generate more money than they could ever spend and they're functionally above the law because of the money and lawyers they can afford. The law itself is broken in this country and when you get big enough you can literally get away with murder.
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tikimcfee • today at 5:26 PM
+1. If there's a dollar amount attached to a verdict for a company of this size, then it's just a complicated business expense and not an enforcement of a law.
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sharemywin • today at 6:02 PM
they should give voting stock out as punishment.
smuhakg • today at 5:36 PM
It's a $3 million verdict in compensatory damages. Even if reduced on appeal, that's a lot of money.
This is really bad for Meta.
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If history is any indication, only demonstrable threat of personal erasure will affect the behavior of people on this scale.
By "erasure," I'm not referring to the death of the involved; I'm referring to the elimination of the individual's social capital.
When the privileged lose their ability to influence others, they tend to get rather distressed.