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BBT #11 Snippet | $375 Million Won't Fix This — But It's a Start
New Mexico just hit Meta with a $375 million verdict for failing to protect kids from predators on Instagram and Facebook. The jury didn't blink. But Meta's already appealing — and that number, as big as it sounds, is pocket change for a company worth $1.4 trillion. So the real question isn't whether the fine hurts. It's whether any fine ever will.
Malcolm and Thomas break down why the Meta verdict matters beyond the dollar amount — the 2,000+ pending lawsuits piling up behind it, the California jury that just found Meta AND YouTube liable for social media addiction, and what it actually…
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