Hmm, I question whether it really would put them out of business. FB made about $18B net income last year. Shouldn't that be more than enough to pay the interes

Hmm, I question whether it really would put them out of business. FB made about $18B net income last year. Shouldn't that be more than enough to pay the interest on issuing $500B of long term bonds? It almost seems like a sweet spot of a massive fine that wouldn't kill them. Also, it would just be satisfying to demonstrate they aren't above the law. Ordinary people don't get to say "but that law is obviously unreasonable" when, you know, it's very debatable, and get exempted.