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Zuck waved the white flag, settled the frivolous Trump libel lawsuit, and made several trips to kiss Trump's ring - now he is getting skewered anyhow. Delicious

Zuck waved the white flag, settled the frivolous Trump libel lawsuit, and made several trips to kiss Trump's ring - now he is getting skewered anyhow. Deliciously ironic. “Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.” ― Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment.

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hnlmorg 1y ago
I wouldn’t write off a leniency due to their aforementioned arse kissing. A trial doesn’t mean a they’ll be found guilty, let alone given any tangible consequences.
- ocdtrekkie 1y ago
  The DOJ has continued to indicate it intends to require Google spin off Chrome and obviously the tariff game has done no favors to Apple. Giving Trump money appears to be a game for suckers.
  - stevenwoo 1y ago
    Those who were in prison and paid for a pardon got their money's worth. No take backsies on those. The one grifter was released from paying back millions to the people he defrauded - he made money by paying Trump if looked at as simple arithmetic. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-on-fraud-conviction/ar-AA1BR9vK https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-ni...
    - ocdtrekkie 1y ago
      Too bad Joe Exotic doesn't have enough money I guess...
  - KerrAvon 1y ago
    Yeah, for reasons I still don’t understand — probably because it’s driven by Peter Thiel’s Deep Incel Thoughts — JD Vance and co. were big fans of Lina Khan’s FTC antitrust moves during the Biden administration.
    - userbinator 1y ago
      The growing hatred for Big Tech is largely bipartisan.
    - zombiwoof 1y ago
      Imagine if instagram took down Facebook as a separate company and leadership Same for WhatsApp Both companies had amazing founders who could have thrived if Facebook didn’t take them out We would have a tech landscape of two independent companies and “meta” being just another Yahoo or MySpace Facebook didn’t innovate it crushed innovation. Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck
      - vkou 1y ago
        > Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck Do you really want to live in a universe where Trump has his hands wrapped around the necks of the media and the press? What sort of quid-pro-quo do you think he would get in exchange for not squeezing? If you have any delusions that this can turn out well look at what happened with Eric Adams.
- aylmao 1y ago
  In fact, wouldn't a trial where they aren't found guilty would probably be better a better outcome for Zuckerberg than no trial at all?
- paxys 1y ago
  The judge is an Obama appointee and is the same one who ordered Trump to halt illegal deportations to El Salvador. Trump has publicly called for him to be removed. If the administration wanted a lenient ruling, he is the last judge they would rely on.
  - linkregister 1y ago
    The judge has less agency than the FTC attorneys, who could easily omit presenting evidence, examining witnesses, etc.
2OEH8eoCRo0 1y ago
If Meta loses then Trump will use selective enforcement for leverage.
- nradov 1y ago
  This is a civil trial, not criminal. There is no way to find a defendant "guilty".
input_sh 1y ago
This has been brewing since 2020, trials of this scale take time to build: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Meta_Platforms%2C_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Me.... If anything, he was kissing Trump's ass because he knew it was about to reach trial. The date was known since November.
- paxys 1y ago
  That's the point. Big tech kissed Trump's arse in the hopes that he would end the antitrust investigations. Meta literally bribed him to do so. Now Trump is just doubling down on them.
bamboozled 1y ago
He can just pay his way out of this now, you know that.
goatsi 1y ago
He's being blamed for stealing the 2020 election from Trump, so no donations or ring kissing seem to be enough. https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2025/trump-officials-sought-to-stiffen-presidents-spine-against-meta https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2025/trump-officials-s...
- forgotoldacc 1y ago
  Kind of ironic that Facebook+Cambridge Analytica seem completely forgotten despite being a coordinated, successful effort to push for swings towards Trump. Roko's Basilisk might be hitting us faster than we thought.

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hnlmorg 1y ago

I wouldn’t write off a leniency due to their aforementioned arse kissing. A trial doesn’t mean a they’ll be found guilty, let alone given any tangible consequences.

ocdtrekkie 1y ago
The DOJ has continued to indicate it intends to require Google spin off Chrome and obviously the tariff game has done no favors to Apple. Giving Trump money appears to be a game for suckers.
- stevenwoo 1y ago
  Those who were in prison and paid for a pardon got their money's worth. No take backsies on those. The one grifter was released from paying back millions to the people he defrauded - he made money by paying Trump if looked at as simple arithmetic. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-on-fraud-conviction/ar-AA1BR9vK https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-ni...
  - ocdtrekkie 1y ago
    Too bad Joe Exotic doesn't have enough money I guess...
- KerrAvon 1y ago
  Yeah, for reasons I still don’t understand — probably because it’s driven by Peter Thiel’s Deep Incel Thoughts — JD Vance and co. were big fans of Lina Khan’s FTC antitrust moves during the Biden administration.
  - userbinator 1y ago
    The growing hatred for Big Tech is largely bipartisan.
  - zombiwoof 1y ago
    Imagine if instagram took down Facebook as a separate company and leadership Same for WhatsApp Both companies had amazing founders who could have thrived if Facebook didn’t take them out We would have a tech landscape of two independent companies and “meta” being just another Yahoo or MySpace Facebook didn’t innovate it crushed innovation. Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck
    - vkou 1y ago
      > Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck Do you really want to live in a universe where Trump has his hands wrapped around the necks of the media and the press? What sort of quid-pro-quo do you think he would get in exchange for not squeezing? If you have any delusions that this can turn out well look at what happened with Eric Adams.
aylmao 1y ago
In fact, wouldn't a trial where they aren't found guilty would probably be better a better outcome for Zuckerberg than no trial at all?
paxys 1y ago
The judge is an Obama appointee and is the same one who ordered Trump to halt illegal deportations to El Salvador. Trump has publicly called for him to be removed. If the administration wanted a lenient ruling, he is the last judge they would rely on.
- linkregister 1y ago
  The judge has less agency than the FTC attorneys, who could easily omit presenting evidence, examining witnesses, etc.

2OEH8eoCRo0 1y ago

If Meta loses then Trump will use selective enforcement for leverage.

nradov 1y ago
This is a civil trial, not criminal. There is no way to find a defendant "guilty".

input_sh 1y ago

This has been brewing since 2020, trials of this scale take time to build: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Meta_Platforms%2C_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_v._Me.... If anything, he was kissing Trump's ass because he knew it was about to reach trial. The date was known since November.

paxys 1y ago
That's the point. Big tech kissed Trump's arse in the hopes that he would end the antitrust investigations. Meta literally bribed him to do so. Now Trump is just doubling down on them.

bamboozled 1y ago

He can just pay his way out of this now, you know that.

goatsi 1y ago

He's being blamed for stealing the 2020 election from Trump, so no donations or ring kissing seem to be enough. https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2025/trump-officials-sought-to-stiffen-presidents-spine-against-meta https://www.semafor.com/article/04/14/2025/trump-officials-s...

forgotoldacc 1y ago
Kind of ironic that Facebook+Cambridge Analytica seem completely forgotten despite being a coordinated, successful effort to push for swings towards Trump. Roko's Basilisk might be hitting us faster than we thought.