Matthias Kirschner

“#Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees, and lied to the public about what they knew. Today the jury joined families, educators, and child safety experts in saying enough is enough.”

When I read such articles I feel that you could easily do an :%s/children/humans/g an they are still accurate https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/meta-new-mexico-jury

Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case

New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users

The Guardian
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Show threadaproposnix11h ago
@kirschner $375 million seems light for a multi billion dollar company. The fine should be more like 30% or more of global revenue.
Show threadMaifeierlander9h ago

@aproposnix @kirschner Fines are just taxes tbh. We need to regulate these platforms and also promote ethical alternatives like Fediverse.

Netherlands did well with forcing Facebook and Instagram to allow setting chronological feed by default.

The currently worldwide calls for age verification mandates, unfortunately will make advocating for this challenging and just puts the blame on users. Hope we can push against that.

Show threadMaxSmithee10h ago
@kirschner does meta even feel that tiny amount ?
Show threadPetraPanda8h ago
@kirschner
Of I were found to have exploited children, I'd spend time in gaol.
That's what these executives should face. A petty little fine that the company cops, is not even hurting their bank accounts.
Justice is not.
Show threadSueDiOh6h ago
@kirschner $375M is not enough.