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Re:Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge ... by spectre9 on Thursday October 22, 2026 @06:27AM (#50193502)
It’s precedent that you can just file anything against meta and win 25bn dollars.
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Re:Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge ... by Grombobulous on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:02AM (#50195467)
This is not how precedent works.
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Re:Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge ... by andrewla on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:14AM (#50195627)
I believe it is colloquial precedent rather than legal precedent that the parent is referring to.
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Re:Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge ... by Grombobulous on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:15AM (#50195652)
I don’t think they meant colloquial precedent.
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