NavarianAug 9, 2023

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

https://lemm.ee/post/3699613

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay - lemm.ee

Sanctions were applied after the social media platform delayed compliance with a federal search warrant that required Twitter to hand over Donald Trump’s Twitter data without telling the former president about the warrant for 180 days.

Show threadLemmyLeftyAug 9, 2023
…per day, or is this another “shucks Mr. Billionaire, I guess I gotta fine you something” punishment?
Show threadCileTheSane

The judge laid out a formula for "sanctions that would accrue at a geometric rate: $50,000 per day, to double every day that Twitter did not comply." At that time, Twitter did not object to the sanctions formula

Aug 9, 2023 at 10:20pmWeb