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alfalfasprouttoday at 1:55 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yeah but politicians get to claim this is a win. Let's be honest, that's the real reason the prosecution went for a deal this small.


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aprilthird2021today at 1:58 PM

Meta has the pocketbook to appeal this to a non-jury setup where they'd be more likely to win (imo most juries are ready to agree to any penalty on social media companies for any reason)

Noaiditoday at 2:19 PM

And if people do not think Meta settled without input from the Trump administration and a possible reward for doing so, well, I got this bridge in Brooklyn to sell you, barely used.

I wonder which way Facebook's algorithms will tilt in this years mid-term elections....

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