https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/us-news/soros-backed-new-mexico-ag-behind-25b-meta-lawsuit-accused-of-seeking-tax-on-speech/The jaw-dropping $25 billion penalty Meta was slapped with on Oct. 21 is raising questions about New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s crackdown on the company’s privacy and content-moderation practices. The massive fine could have a chilling effect on companies doing business in the state, as well as on free speech.Torrez — who entered into politics with a 2016 run for district attorney backed by more than $100,000 in spending from a George Soros-funded super PAC — has faced criticism during his tenure for prosecuting just half the criminal cases referred by law enforcement. But he has taken a far more aggressive approach to tech companies than violent criminals according to local reports.Meta’s chief legal officer, C.J. Mahoney said in a statement Wednesday, “This ruling, and the Attorney General’s approach to this enforcement, makes it all but impossible to do business in the state of New Mexico. At its core, this lawsuit seeks to impose a tax on speech to enforce new rules for what people can say online. We are confident we will prevail on appeal.”The violations carried penalties of up to $5,000 per violation, resulting in a calculation of more than $219 billion before the judge reduced the penalty to $25 billion. The staggering judgment would be a huge windfall for the state — given New Mexico’s $11 billion annual budget is less than half that.“For too long, powerful technology companies have operated as though their size and influence put them beyond the reach of the law,” Torrez said in a statement following news of the judgment.But the state’s arguments during the two-week trial raised questions about whether its aims went beyond consumer protection — and whether Torrez targeted Meta in part because it rolled back aggressive fact-checking measures.
esl shill sure loves protecting billionaire pedophiles
Didn't Soros retire in 2023?
liggerals sure get mad when you bring up the left wing billionaire pedos they have to protect.
>>1544294>The jaw-dropping $25 billion penalty Meta was slapped with on Oct. 21 is raising questionsNo it really isn't. Go away.
>>1544312silly lib, freedom of speech mean corporations can lie to you and sell information they pretend is secure. You can walk away at any time, thats your right as a product.
>>1544312The violations carried penalties of up to $5,000 per violation, resulting in a calculation of more than $219 billion before the judge reduced the penalty to $25 billion. The staggering judgment would be a huge windfall for the state — given New Mexico’s $11 billion annual budget is less than half that.
>>1544314>you can lie and sell American citizens information to whoever you want, and only pay a fine of about $57 per citizen per year. just because they fuck you over in Russia doesn't mean thats how it works in America
>>1544313Yeah actually lying about what is and isn't private in your TOS is called Fraud.
yeah, have fun forcing them to pay that
>>1544294>before the judge reduced the penalty to $25 billion.Fucking unbelievable. And why did he do that?
>>1544320https://www.worldometers.info/gdp/gdp-by-country/219 billion would put the judgement at the yearly GDP of Ukraine
>>1544325Meta's market capitalization is around 1.6-1.7 trillion.
>>1544325And? It’s fucking Meta.
>>1544329all they have is pointing at the total and making it seem like a high number$5,000 fine for lying and selling private information for a decade is more than reasonable. Meta fucked up so hard they just scaled that up to 219 billion.
>>1544331What is the Eighth Amendment?https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/07/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-case-on-whether-airplane-was-improperly-seized-s/
>>1544332>pasted her grok resultslololololyou can just concede
>>1544334The Eight Amendment to the Constitution: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.The Scotus blog article linked was discussing a case before the supreme court where a bush pilot had his plane seized for carrying beer to a dry reservation, which tested the constitutionality of his plane seizure on the grounds of "excessive fines posed"I didn't realize I had to spell it out for you
>>1544336You don't have to spell out how stupid you are. I already know. Are you pretending that ~$570 per breach is unreasonable? (You have to use your words to argue.)
>>1544338If the fine is the size of Ukraine's yearly gross domestic product I would say it is excessive.
>>1544339This is why everyone thinks you're stupid.Let me know when you come up with a big girl argument.
>>1544336“Excessive” is relative. 25 billion for a 1.6 trillion dollar company is fucking nothing. That’s what, a percent and a half of their net worth? Christ, even the $219 isn’t much.
>>1544339I’m for sure it would be for Ukraine. We’re talking about Meta. They’re slightly richer.
>>1544344Meta would be familiar with the California law that would fine them $2500 per violationSo really New Mexico should get like 120 billion dollars instead of just 25.
>The massive fine could have a chilling effectLiterally the only point of fines. Otherwise they're just a crime tax meant to ensure only the wealthy get to commit crimes.
>>1544294> But he has taken a far more aggressive approach to tech companies than violent criminals according to local reports.Good, tech companies do more societal damage
>you have to get butt fucked by X (thing right-wingers support) or you have to get butt fucked by Y (thing that left-wingers support)how about fuck X and Y and fuck you too faggot
>faggotIn soon to be Soviet America, buttfucked is you, projecting 1544385.
>>1544385How about quit being a stupid fucking faggot and pick the obvious lesser of two evil that hasn't thrown the world into chaos for the past two years? How about if you don't like it you actually act like you have some balls and support ranked choice voting and other policies you actually like locally? How about you stop laying there spreading your fucking ass cheeks for whoever wants to fuck you and actually take some agency you retarded motherfucker?
>>1544445I think you're a rube for believing the mediaThe world gets thrown into chaos repeatedly while democrats are in charge. They just have no agency.So the price of gas can hit $5 A gallon in June of 2022. But it's not Bidens fault. The president doesn't set the price of international gasoline. When Trump is president the price of gas becomes his responsibility.When there was the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan where people were clinging to the sides of planes that wasn't Bidens fault it just happened.When Palestine went to war with Israel and invaded on October 7th, that wasn't the world plunging into chaos under Bidens watch it just happened. It wasn't his responsibility. But if Israel decides to go to war with Iran, that's Trump's responsibility.It's not that their is less chaos when Democrats are in charge. The chaos is just associated as coming from nowhere, or somehow blamed on the last Republican president
>>1544453cope harder, faggot
>>1544445You want gay race communism like what's happening in France. That's not the lesser of two evils.
>>1544453>I think you're a rube.Yeah, I know you do, that's why every argument you make is a strawman that leaves out a ton of relevant information, like the war of choice trump started that had a direct impact on gas prices. You assume everyone is as much of a mental midget as you, and just repeat the same lame bullshit you've been btfo on hundreds of times across this board.Keep it up, you're unintentionally hilarious.
>>1544455You literally just had to tell me what my position was to argue against it. You don't get an opinion, faggot.
>>1544456Wasn't Biden backing Ukraine in 2022 a war of choice?Obama didn't back Ukraine militarily when Crimea was invaded in 2014. He just sent blankets and medkits. Sending hundreds of billions in military equipment is a war of choice.Russia started the war but America decided to back their ally. Palestine started the war on October 7th and America decided to back their ally.
>>1544458oh look, another stale talking point
>>1544458>whataboutism.Literally all you faggots do.>Russia started the war.Meaning it's not remotely similar to the war trump started in Iran to distract from the epstien files. Damn, btfo in record time. They're doing it to themselves now. Concession accepted miga faggot.
>>1544464Is it whataboutism to say Trump started a war of choice, just like past presidents?You can say Trump deciding to back Israel in the Iran war is what lead to gas prices going up in 2026. It seems perfectly relevant to mention Biden going into a war of choice in 2022.https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-hormuz/card/gas-prices-top-4-50-a-gallon-highest-since-july-2022-yEIoIt2Xt6H0J45vjgeMhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/gas-prices-450-when-will-gas-prices-go-down/Especially when the newspaper headlines are reading " gas prices are reaching highest level since July 2022"
>>1544459Calling people an esl shill is a stale talking point, that doesn't stop /news/'s resident lolcow from saying it 50 times a day.
>>1544469cry as much as you want, your name won't change
>>1544468>Is it a whataboutism to make a whataboutism.Yes you stupid faggot, when someone criticizes trump and you bring up JoE bIdEn to deflect the criticism, that is a textbook example of a whataboutism. Even if I were to take every retarded point you failed to make at face value, the other guy fucking up is not an excuse for this guy fucking up. How do you not understand that you fucking water-headed mongoloid dipshit?>Trump started a war of choice.You're so fucking close to your first coherent thought.>just like past presidents>Russia started the war>Trump started a warAnd there it goes, damn. This is really boring when you defeat your own arguments.
>>1544470You can tell how much it bothers esl shill too, lmaothe thin skinned reddit tourist needs to stop complaining
>>1544472That's not deflecting. It's providing context. Biden chose to back Ukraine during the Ukraine war. Ukraine is an American allyTrump decided to back Israel during the Iran war. Israel is an American ally.Trump didn't start the Iran war. It wasn't any more his choice then the Ukraine war was Bidens choice.It's saying this is not the only time price has reached 5$ a gallon. That the Biden presidency experienced the exact same problems after backing an ally who was at war with a major petroleum exporter.
>>1544474at least you admit trump is compromised by israel
>>1544474>just lying now.Cool, concession accepted.
>>1544476esl shill isn't very smart
>>1544476>Compromised by Isreal Because he attacked the people who have been attacking us for 40+ years?
>>1544480>usyou're not american. reagan, bush, clinton, dubya, and obama were all intelligent enough not to shut down the strait of hormuz because israel said so. trump is not that intelligent
>>1544480>usoops
>>1544294Good. Meta is run by very incompetent and clueless clowns that produced nothing of value despite having billions.>>1544474>>1544480I really hope you are some type of low budget bot.
>>1544294This case fucking disgusts me. Meta gets hit by an embarrassingly small fine, judge reduces it to an even smaller fine because it sounds big to his retarded ass, and they use this "great victory" as an excuse to push this fucking "muh children!" internet ID bullshit, and retards act like this is somehow a good thing. >>1544453>>1544468It's wild how you accuse Democrats of downplaying Biden while doing THE EXACT SAME THING with Trump in the very same post, without the slightest hint of self awareness. Trump started the war with Iran. Not Israel, Trump. Yes, they told him to do this, and that's really shitty, but that doesn't mean they're responsible for his actions. They've told every president to do this for literal fucking decades, maybe longer than you've been alive, and every president before Trump said no.
1544480>usHi, esl shill.
>>1544488?What's the mistake?
>>1544457>You literally just had to tell me-Nigger, dems just did a 'get out the vote' video with muslim somalians in Minnesota. And then they translated it into somalian. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrhWZKsxfwQThis is the end result of your political advocacy.
>>1544314So what you're saying is if these corporations actually had the law enforced on them they would be bankrupted by fines? We should all just start LLCs and filter our every move through them since businesses are above the law.
>>1544499this isn't the sims, why are you talking about simolions
>>1544476Where is there an admission Trump is compromised by Israel in this post?>>1544474I must have missed it.
>>1544500No I'm saying when the fines are reaching the scale of Gross Domestic Products of European Nations you might be reaching the point of violating the Eighth Amendments excessive fines imposed clause
>company is too big to be fined effectively Sounds like a problem that needs regulation.
>>1544508Because you're a programmed moron. If you're not going to think then just shut up
>>1544521No, please do not regulate big businesses. Tax them, OK. Then feed the tax money back to them so they can provide social services.Got it? Don't forget you're smart if you vote for Democrats as Democrats are so left wing and being left wing makes you super smart and it;s more moral.It's also not a cult!
https://youtube.com/shorts/NQiHbTBWzSE
>>1544611Does the strawman ever talk back? Is it your friend?
>>1544491>They've told every president to do this for literal fucking decades100% elder abuse. They took advantage of Trump's dementia and they must be punished for that crime.
>>1544611>Schizo faggot flails as they fail to make point.Repugs are trying actively to reduce regulations and reduce taxes on big business. Walmart helps you sign up for food stamps when they onboard you, they're a drain on social services. Literally nothing you said has any basis in reality. You should kill yourself chomo.>>1544491>It's wild how...It isn't, no, literally every retarded repug accusation is a confession. They only ever argue against strawmen because otherwise they'd get btfo.
>What's the mistake?1544480 1544498
