SCOUT· 67%34m·2026-09-05·MoneyThe Social Reckoning That Wasn't
Last month Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion dollars to settle claims that it knowingly harmed teenagers — a number the press immediately called Big Tech's "tobacco moment." Wall Street responded by sending the stock up.In this video I read the actual 130-page consent judgment so that you don't have to, and work…
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What people are saying
“Up to $18b in fines like my MacBook has up to 64gb of RAM.”
“"The punishment costs less than the defense". And that's why they agreed to it. Not a surprise, but still infuriating. 'Harm and profit coming from the same place' is unsolvable.”
“"The same man who spent tens of billions of dollars trying to persuade the world to abandon their legs" 😂😂😂”
“Of course he was able to avoid it. This country is pathetic.”
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