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Comment by nhinck | Hacker News Reader

Do you believe that you can pay $100k to ignore any further punishment?

I believe $100k to Meta is like $3 to me. If there is additional punishment beyond "a maximum fine of $100k", the article does not mention it.

Just logically, do you believe that Meta can pay $100k to ignore a court order?

According to the article, $100k is the maximum penalty for ignoring this specific court order. Do you think the article is lying?

You need a few million and some vacations to ignore the law. $100k is just the initial fee and timeslot for potentially pulling out of said country (or do what Apple is doing with the UK)

The article states the maximum penalty is $100k. Show me where it says otherwise and I'll believe you.

> I believe $100k to Meta is like $3 to me. If there is additional punishment beyond "a maximum fine of $100k", the article does not mention it.

Meta doesn't like judgements against Meta that would open them up to more scrutiny from legal institutions.

This isn't about money.

Meta has absolutely nothing to win in not complying with the legal request in that _specific case_. Meta never claimed to be the champion of anonymity, quite the contrary...

> Meta never claimed to be the champion of anonymity

Except in this _specific case_ the plaintiff asked Meta to remove the anon content and Meta said No.

Then the Judge asked Meta to provide the details of the anonymous user and "Meta argued that Facebook users should be able to express criticism, even if it is severe and anonymous."

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