for perspective, €403M = ~30 hours of net income, or ~10 hours of revenue (based on 2025 numbers, current exchange rates).
jiggawatts•4m ago
There was a lot of noise a few years back about Meta getting billion-euro fines over GDPR violations.
I looked it up: they paid almost none of the fines.
If you get a ticket from a speed camera, the government will garnish your wages if you don’t pay the fine. For trillion dollar organisations payment is apparently optional.
tempodox•44m ago
They need to multiply by 100 to move that fine out of “cost of doing business” range.
mistrial9•40m ago
there might be an oversight component of the settlement that is not prominent in the press releases
john_strinlai•49m ago
jiggawatts•4m ago
I looked it up: they paid almost none of the fines.
If you get a ticket from a speed camera, the government will garnish your wages if you don’t pay the fine. For trillion dollar organisations payment is apparently optional.