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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Social media giants to face multimillion-dollar fines for spreading fake news

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Social media giants to face multimillion-dollar fines for spreading fake news

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

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“Multimillion-dollar fines” is just another term for “pocket change” in this context. Pump those numbers up!
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  $6.8M or 6% of global turnover, whichever is higher

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