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.

  • lasagna@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Until fines become wealth based, it will always be a poor people tax.

    If cash flow is the issue, then start taking stocks.

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      1 year ago

      Or make them recurring fines that grow exponentially each time they are issued until the situation is fixed.

      Edit: nvm it sounds like this is exactly what they are doing.

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      Not just a “poor person tax” but it means that the law just doesn’t apply in any meaningful way to the wealthy