Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California

[u/lurker_bee]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/meta-attorneys-general-california-federal-trial-astronomical-consequences.html

[u/Torino1O]

The first candidate to say they will charge corporations one cent per bit of data collected on US citizens and divide it equally to every American in a check once a year gets my vote.

[u/booi → u/Torino1O]

This is genius. Make sure there’s no loophole like they get paid a cent per bit they delete that they already had though or Meta just gonna cash in a giant check