[luminadiffusion]

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.

[hnlmorg]

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.

[aylmao]

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?

[ocdtrekkie]

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.

[paxys]

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.

[input_sh]

This has been brewing since 2020, trials of this scale take time to build: 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]

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.

[goatsi]

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-s...

[forgotoldacc]

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.

[bamboozled]

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

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

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

[nradov]

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