Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public

Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday November 23, 2025 @02:11PM (#46026367)

Other shareholders in jail also.

If my dog bites somebody, I'm on the hook. It should be no different with companies.

We have to create incentives to not invest in troublesome companies. Fines are inadequate, they incentivize buying shares in troublesome companies and then selling them before the harm comes to light.

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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by mitthrowaway2 on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:08PM (#46027343)

Where will you find a jail big enough to simultaneously imprison everyone who invested in S&P 500?

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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by paulddraper on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:34PM (#46027549)

Thanks, I have the same question.

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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by bdangubic on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:46PM (#46027652)

just 500?

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Re:Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children an... by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday November 23, 2025 @07:17PM (#46028819)

You just go after the top four or five. It's not about proportional punishment, but about ensuring that those with enough power to actually affect outcomes feel a sense of responsibility over those outcomes whether or not they later divest.

Blindly letting a CEO commit crimes should itself be a crime, but only if there's something you could've done to prevent it--that's not most shareholders.

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