"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."

[noiseician@mastodon.world]

@stefan meta is considered "too big to fail" obviously so taxpayers $ will be used to bail them out if this case actually sticks somehow

[stefan@stefanbohacek.online]

@noiseician Hmm, hope not.

[revertron@zhub.link]

@stefan I can settle for Zukerberg going to prison for 15 years.

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@stefan

Let it be an example.

[revertron@zhub.link]

@dnkboston It's a pocket money. To pay cleaners, secretaries etc.

@stefan

[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.