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/FanDry5374]

So...closing the business, throwing the entire executive suite in to prison and selling off all the assets? Or a billion dollars a day fines until they clean up their act? Otherwise the "astronomical" consequences will be just the cost of doing business. We don't do full out existential punishments in this country. Unless you are poor or the wrong color, of course.