"Thirty-three states have banded together to sue Meta, alleging that the company was exploiting its young users on Instagram and Facebook for profit, including by collecting data from children without parental consent."

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@stefan Amazing it took this long to recognize that given that they've been doing it since like 2013 or so... I guess better more than a decade late than never.

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@stefan Oh my gosh, South Carolina is actually in the list of states with Attorneys General who are suing Meta.
South Carolina rarely sues for the citizens. Only for the wealthy.

[pattyhanson@mastodon.social]

@stefan I wish the company could be sued out of existence and Zuckerberg banned from ever owning any form of social media or communications. He and his funder, Peter Thiel, should not exist in society.

[pip@infosec.exchange]

@stefan Poor Mark. No one likes him.

[sea1am@mastodon.social]

@pip @stefan

Take ALL the money. They don't deserve to live rich on stolen wealth.

[libramoon@mastodon.social]

@stefan

a much better option than banning underaged social media access and requiring ids from us all

[sigue@universeodon.com]

@stefan

The case really heavily emphasizes YOUNG Facebook users. I'm worried that that means they'll have to meet a higher bar to prove Facebook was _specifically targeting_ young users. It so clearly causes harm to users of ALL ages it seems like that would've been easier to go after.

Anyway, I am not a lawyer, so what do I know? I hope they crush them into the fucking Earth.

[swb72@mstdn.plus]

@stefan I have to wonder when people are going to start asking where the parents are that are supposed to be parenting their kids.

[bosh@infosec.exchange]

@stefan @Nonya_Bidniss

[retrimental@mastodon.social]

@stefan
Imagine a case like this going on but governments all over the damn globe insist on giving them even more personal data for age verification.

[bosconet@ioc.exchange]

@stefan spoiler.....jury award plaintiffs $2 trillion in damages.....appeals courts reduce to $1 citing Meta has learned its lesson......

[falcennial@mastodon.social]

@stefan GET EM, BOYS!!!

make every other nation and state REGRET not doing it. governments can put that trilly to far better use than an evil psychopath ever can

[donchacale@mastodon.social]

@jwalesch @stefan

should we "eat cake"?

[wthinker@libranet.de]

@stefan @bosconet In this case can used progressive Russian know-how: declare a "foreign agent", forbid all activities on a US territory and her jurisdiction. And invite to the exit from the territory of the United States, with all offices and employees.

[mainframed767@infosec.exchange]

@stefan it'll settle out of court for $100 million in "fines" and that'll be that.

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@mainframed767 Maybe. I'm definitely hoping that more will come out of this.

[six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social]

@stefan
Re interesting to follow this case

"the company was exploiting its young users on #Instagram and #Facebook for profit..."

I bet #META will REVERSE and say, but... "Corporations are NOT people, companies can't hurt kids, we are buildings and desks and shit"

#TomHartmann has a new book out, "Who Killed the American Dream? The Greatest Political Crime Ever Told" where he shows how they got corp are people
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-lie-that-changed-america-149

@benroyce
Thx 4 orig Stefan boot

[ianrogers@mstdn.social]

@stefan This is precisely why I left Meta - their attitude toward teen and child privacy is not just bad, it should be considered criminal.

[bruce@darkmoon.social]

@stefan

1) I love to see it
2) There's not a chance in hell they'll have to pay $1.4 trillion.

[tortitude@kolektiva.social]

@stefan I wish that they go bankrupt. Good riddance.