Fat fucking chance. 5 Billion was their *largest* suit

if they SETTLED for 5 billion, this means they were SUED FOR ALOT MORE

Sure. And between lobbyists and lawyers, nothing came of it.

and they came to an agreement to avoid potentially loosing more

otherwise, why settle?

@ManAnimal and social media will not have the power behind their bargaining without unbanning the people they've removed from society

My point is that the greatest dent the FTC made was less than 15% of a companies annual earnings.

and those people are going to be pisssed

so my point stands; HAD they not settled and gone to trial and lost, they would have gone the way of MacDonanld Douglas

"what? You need my abilities after removing me? fuck you, die in a fire"

So I'll concede, the FTC made more of an impact than I expected, but it's still a drop in the bucket.

FB was able to settle for a drop in the bucket

I'm going to help social media right now though because they haven't banned me, yet

they're close to doing it though

Everyone else got away with less damage.

That was their *largest* successful suit

that wasn't successful

Hence, the FTC may be noticed, but not significant.

they settled

What exactly do you expect the FTC to accomplish in the next 5 years?

https://youtu.be/0NNEV2GRQe4

a 'settlement' means neither party won; they found it more cost-effective to reach a compromise

@Mersenne FTC won't accomplish anything. They'll force big tech to change their stance on the "undesirables" or face more fees per year than income

you don't grasp the danger and the damage the threat is ALREADY doing

@ManAnimal it's not doing anything

YT is trying to pass blame off on the creator

they stupidly think they can avoid this

that is NOT what they are doing

I understand the avalanche of censorship that's been happing across platforms, particularly against any speaker or ad that doesn't fall in favor with Democratic viewpoints

@Spooky Yeah but, I was hoping you'd explain your previous statement

That being said, I don't expect corporations or politician's to give a shit until their multi-million dollar political ad campaigns receive similar treatment.

@Mersenne that is exactly why people that would normally be against COPPA are helping it

YT and the rest ARE REQUIRED BY LAW to enforce the rules OR be sued and THIS time, for alot more than the sttlement

companies are all going to recoil during the holiday

@ManAnimal lmao the higher ups that are in favor of removing pro-trump or centrists are going to be fired

this is business decisions now

the law is so general, EVERYONE can get sued

the chaff are going to be cut off

the FTC not being able to keep up isnt a GOOD thing

it's VERY bad