Re: What IS "Social Media"??

Frank Slootweg <[email protected]> 7 Feb 2026 19:16:28 GMT

Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.linux
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Lawrence D?Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:02:19 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
> > On 2026-02-06 14:37, s|b wrote:
> >>
> >> So they'll probably be fined with a slap on the wrist, a couple
> >> million euro, while raking in millions more in the process.
> >>
> > Who knows. Some fines in France are pretty large.
> 
> Some penalties go by a percentage of revenue. No way that?s not going
> to hurt.

  Yep. The EU's announced fine for TikTok (if they do not implement the
required changes) is upto 6% of its total *global* annual turnover, i.e.
not 'just' its EU business.