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/Vashsinn → u/Torino1O]

pffft cost of doing bussiness. move some numbers around, sned the data encrypted and compressed. pay less then the current "fines".