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@celested.bsky.social

Today, a jury in a New Mexico state court ordered Meta (Facebook's parent company) to pay $25B in penalties for misleading state citizens. Why do state courts stand up to Big Tech but federal courts roll over (e.g., FTC v. Meta)? 1/ www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/m...

cnbc.comMeta ordered to pay $25 billion penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica caseMeta to pay $25 billion in penalties related to Cambridge Analytica scandal in New Mexico.

Celeste Drake

@celested.bsky.social

Part of the reason is likely that Meta had to face a jury of ordinary citizens in the New Mexico case--people who have dealt with the privacy invasion, misinformation, addiction, and scams that Big Tech brings--and these average citizens just want to do their duty and go home. 2/

Celeste Drake

@celested.bsky.social

But in federal court, the big tech monopoly cases are often heard by a judge (not a jury) who might bring a pro-monopoly bias learned in courses they took in "Law & Economics" or an anti-regulatory bias developed as a member of the Federalist Society. Read more here: demandjustice.org/oligarchy/ 3/

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sister_sam

@privacy-nut.bsky.social

Sure. Or regulation-bias. Or rather non-objective notions of what monopoly is and and isn't. Many bias possibilities for suer.