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minus-squareBoiglenoight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·2 个月前Facebook made 200 billion in revenue in 2025. https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/meta/revenue/ They were fined $375 million. They averaged $550 million per day last year.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 个月前So the fine was basically paid by Lunchtime on January 1.
minus-squareBoiglenoight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 个月前Yes. It’s probably concerning if they are continuously fined, but unless there’s a mechanism that ensures that, this is likely just annoying and not meaningful.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前Just an itch to be scratched. Done. What’s for lunch?
minus-squareMyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 个月前If social media companies were required to moderate their content…if they were responsible for what’s posted…all problems would go away. As it stands bad actors use bots to stay one step ahead of automated moderation.
Facebook made 200 billion in revenue in 2025.
https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/meta/revenue/
They were fined $375 million. They averaged $550 million per day last year.
So the fine was basically paid by Lunchtime on January 1.
Yes. It’s probably concerning if they are continuously fined, but unless there’s a mechanism that ensures that, this is likely just annoying and not meaningful.
Just an itch to be scratched. Done. What’s for lunch?
If social media companies were required to moderate their content…if they were responsible for what’s posted…all problems would go away.
As it stands bad actors use bots to stay one step ahead of automated moderation.