[Eleutheria5]

Shadow banning, censorship, bias, nothing changed. But the massive corporate wrist has been slapped.

[EagleUSA]

Fine should have been MUCH bigger.

[Lazamataz]

Eleventy-skadillion dollars and we’re good.

[Its All Over Except ...]

Wait until the EU with all of its machinations finishes with Facebook, as they can’t stand FB.

They will impose a $100 billion fine for stealing people’s private info and so on And if they don’t pay they will trash their credit rating.

If the EU destroys Facebook it will be the one good thing that comes from it.

[Revel]

I read that facebook’s stock went up after the announcement. And once again there are no criminal charges.

[Drew68]

Shadow banning, censorship, bias, nothing changed. But the massive corporate wrist has been slapped.

Not a fine. Basically, it's a fee. The cost of doing business.

Curious though, who gets to keep the $5 billion and where will this money be spent?

Smells like a big giant corruption pie that everyone has their fingers in.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

I hope for much more of these

[momincombatboots]

Facebook, Google, Twitter n even Amazon edit content, which makes them publishers, which makes them libel.. Time to stop the bullies.

[a fool in paradise]

I wan’ muh daddy’s rekkirds

[9YearLurker]

A drop in the bucket for a CIA front.

[upchuck]

However, the reports noted that the fine will not affect Facebook's ability to share data with third parties.

If Zuck's brain is working it should.

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[sergeantdave]

This will greatly upset our resident libertarian lunatics who believe if you own private property that you can abolish free speech, confiscate firearms, abort babies, murder children, blow up roads, bring back slavery, empower banks to seize all your money and open the borders to alien invaders.

[OrangeHoof]

Facebook’s crime was thinking that it was okay to sell people’s personal data just like they did to the Democrats and Obama. They found out there were two rules in life: one for Democrat elites and one for everyone else.

[cdpap]

Where is the conservative version of eric holder. He took these kind of settlements and gave liberal groups half

[virgil]

The govt collects these huge fines. Where does the money go? Who’s spending it? Where’s the traceability?

[DariusBane]

So. What happens to the 5 billion? Hmmmmm? I mean that is a stupendous amount of money.

[BeauBo]

That is literally enough money to completely wall off California from Mexico.

Let the bidding begin!

Blame Facebook!

[eartick]

Let the flood gates open.

People who have been wronged by twitter, fagbook and Google need their day in court.

[justa-hairyape]

And now the Feds control the data. Just like that.

[arrogantsob]

Just give the feds their cut.