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by NetOpWibby9 hours ago |
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upvoteby robin_reala9 hours ago|
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On https://enforcementtracker.com/ I’m seeing:

- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: €4,514M

- Facebook Ireland Ltd.: €60M

- WhatsApp Ireland Ltd.: €225M

- Meta Platforms, Inc.: €405M

That totals €5.204B. Add in Italy’s €805M and we’re up to €6.009B.

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upvoteby fuussssip9 hours ago|
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Paid over what time period? And how much has been paid to date?
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upvoteby robin_reala8 hours ago|
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It’s a reasonable question, but not one that I have the answer for as I assume that information isn’t released unless there’s some failure in Meta’s payment.
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upvoteby asadotzler8 hours ago|
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One of those is in the billions. The total is about 2 months of Meta income. It's literally a slap on the wrist.
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upvoteby robin_reala7 hours ago|
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Meta made €13.11B from Europe (not the EU but close enough) in 26Q3,[1] so this is more like 1.37 months only-Europe revenue. Having said that, even this paltry amount is enough to get the US administration threatening trade wars, so I guess that’s a factor that plays into the EU’s reticence to fine more. Well, that and the fact that the Irish DPC are corrupt to the core.

[1] https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/content_files/Earnings...

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upvoteby ragall8 hours ago|
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> It's literally a slap on the wrist.

Two months of income are far from a mere "slap on the wrist".

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upvoteby Ylpertnodi7 hours ago|
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It is a slap on the wrist - any more and trump gets trumpy.
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upvoteby cowlevel4 hours ago|
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Imagine I am a policeman and I come to your house and take away two months of your income as a fine for something bad you did (stole a TV from a store, say). Is that a wrist slap or is it actually quite a lot of money? I also take back the TV.
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upvoteby GeoAtreides6 hours ago|
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in what world 2 months of income, not profit, income, is a slap on the wrist?!!
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upvoteby jareklupinski9 hours ago|
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at this point, Meta becomes a source of revenue for these governments

not saying Meta is in the right (they should have been paying this money in taxes anyway), but they're not going to be hard stopped from handing over money for free either

you know how much governments love pumping their sources... especially once a government start running out of their previous resources... 6B for everyone's pictures suddenly seems like a line item on someones defense budget :/

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upvoteby dns_snek8 hours ago|
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> at this point, Meta becomes a source of revenue for these governments

Why do you think Meta should get away with breaking the law without paying fines?

They're lucky they don't face criminal charges and go to jail for consistently breaking the law.

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upvoteby jareklupinski8 hours ago|
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i dont think Meta should get away with it, im just saying it wont be up to the governments making billions off this entire scheme to stop them:

the people in charge seem to have found just how much of their citizens' data they can sell before anyone votes for the other side; they just have to go through the courts to get the money

if Meta followed the law in the first place, the EU would be down 6 billion

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upvoteby cowlevel3 hours ago|
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Some would say that the billion dollar fines are to stop them.
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upvoteby mikeryan3 hours ago|
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They have two fines to date this year well into the billions. A multistate 17B fine and 25B fine from New Mexico
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upvoteby loeg5 hours ago|
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The teen settlement alone was $17-18B.
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