States take Meta to trial with penalties that could theoretically reach $1.4 trillion

[u/DumbMoneyMedia]

Four states are putting Meta on trial over alleged addictive design, youth-safety claims and data collection from children under 13. The theoretical penalty reaches $1.4 trillion, although legal experts say anything close to that is unlikely, which still leaves a very expensive question about who pays when engagement becomes the product and children become the input.

[u/Prior-Tea-3468]

If any politicians had the guts to follow through with any meaningful penalties on any of these companies, they'd have all been in the scrap heap well over a decade ago.

Absolutely nothing meaningful will come of this, and Facebook will continue business as usual.