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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why the fuck are they all paying him off? This is clear-cut extortion. If they fight this in court, they will win. WTF?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hope every jan 6 cunt sues youtube for 22 million now that they established thats what they will pay.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

What would youtube gain from those other bribes?

[–] ButtermilkBiscuit@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

Because it's a bribe. The "do no evil" squad sure does look more evil every day.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Has anyone been banned from Truth Social? Should be millions in compensation for blocking their free speech.

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Can't get away from mainstream socials without trying to build something better, first. I don't think peertube is a bad start.

[–] blave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Judgments against corporations like this should never have a solid number. It should be a large percentage of annual profits you’re over here.

Country companies like alphabet already have a slush fund set aside to cover such expenses. These judgments against them mean absolutely nothing unless it actually hurts them.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

It's Trump suing them in a civil trial. He wanted $22m or he would block Google from Billions in contracts.

[–] dude 1 points 18 hours ago

In this case Trump is a beneficiary, so I would argue it makes sense to have a solid number