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Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling against social media giant (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not even a full day. That's like fining a person who works at McDonald's like $75

[โ€“] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I guess it depends on where in the world that person lives. In the state where I grew up, it'd be more like fining a McDonald's employee $45, at least in terms of raw income. But if you're talking about how punitive the measure feels, I think it's more like a $5 fine. Meta budgets and lives in quarters and years; McDonald's employees budget and live in hours and weeks.

Great way to bring it down to earth, though.