r/technology • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 5h ago

Social Media Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/21/meta-25-billion-cambridge-analytica-scandal-ruling
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u/Marginallyhuman 5h ago

Hopefully this can be repeated a few times next season.

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u/Ok-Replacement9595 5h ago

Meta needs to be dismantled. Broken up. Along with many others.

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u/justkeepswimming2026 5h ago

Only 25 billion? They are worth 1.8 trillion you should do 250 billion make it fucken hurt

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u/Ouibeaux 4h ago

Proportionally, I've had speeding tickets that were a stricter punishment.

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u/Over-Mix-1957 5h ago

Meta has no good use on earth except wasted productivity and teen addiction.

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u/gk_instakilogram 5h ago

MOAAAR! MOAAAR! WE NEED MOOAR MONEY OUT OF META!

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u/DukeOfGeek 4h ago

I'll believe it when I see them pay.

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u/ActualSpiders 3h ago

Not significant enough to make them stop, and it'll be reduced & later probably dropped altogether on appeal. The problem is billionaires like Zuck - look to the roots.

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u/Jamizon1 4h ago

It wasn’t enough