An $18bn settlement is a drop in the ocean for Meta – but the tide will still come for it | Chris Stokel-Walker

August 27, 2026 · 1:11 pm 1 sources

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• An $18bn settlement is a drop in the ocean for Meta – but the tide will still come for it | Chris Stokel-Walker
  The Guardian · August 27, 2026 13:11
  This week’s settlement without liability was pragmatic, but it doesn’t change the inevitability of further lawsuits around the world Not many people would count paying $18bn they didn’t expect to when they woke up that morning as a victory. Yet for Meta, the owners of Facebook and Instagram, the…