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A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions
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this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2026
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Why aren’t penalties the percentage of the company’s worth? It would be a catch 22 for the companies - do you inflate your worth to get more investors or do you deflate your worth to pay less penalties.