It also depends how long they have to pay. The recent $18B settlement must be paid over 10 years. So that basically doesn’t matter to a company like Meta.

Unprecedented!

“U.S. President Donald Trump had said in a social media post Sunday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to what he described as an “energy ceasefire” without offering specifics on terms.

In an interview with Axios, Zelenskyy said Trump’s post was the first he had heard of the deal“

🤦‍♂️

Seems like someone is desperate for good news to report.

Hopefully they aren’t given 10 years to pay it off like the recent $18B fine for harming children.

In 2024, 10% of Meta’s annual revenue ($16B) was derived from ads for scams or banned goods (Source). Even better, they actually charge a higher price for ads that are automatically flagged as potentially problematic, augmenting the revenue generating capability of, and Meta’s dependence on, these ads. Internal documents also showed that Meta consciously chose a tempered approach to combatting such ads because of the revenue they bring in. But Zuckerberg draws the line at accepting ad revenues from a movie about an awful tech bro. Cool.

“During his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump threatened Iran with annihilation, laid claim to Venezuela’s oil as the spoils of victory, and justified U.S. strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean.“

The FIFA Peace Prize recipient, ladies and gentlemen.

Very few details at this point. I’m interpreting this with a healthy dose of skepticism (and cynicism!).

I can’t find the Florida article right now. But foreign influencers are also pushing this narrative and getting paid by Facebook for doing so.

Hopefully that Florida based company pumping out Alberta separatist propaganda isn’t successful.

This does not support my asinine pro-pitbull stance. Downvote! 🤦‍♂️

This just in: Free speech absolutist strongly opposed to documentary about him.

Canadian wildfire smoke went south of the border and Trump responds with tariffs (instead of help with the fires). So I guess we know how Canada should respond to the increase in American coal pollution that will inevitably enter Canadian airspace.

This is exactly why I posted it here. Pretty hard to argue that another Trump term (or a Trump adjacent individual being elected) via this violation of basic democratic principles would not have global implications.

This can’t be legal, right? Either way, keep pumping that national debt!