Sanctions were applied after the social media platform delayed compliance with a federal search warrant that required Twitter to hand over Donald Trump's Twitter data without telling the former president about the warrant for 180 days.

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[–] 233 points 3 years ago (5 children)

The purpose of a fine is to get compliance, not to punish. The fine was $50,000, doubling every day. So $350,00 dollars means Musk caved after 3 days. Pretty effective tactic by the court.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The fine would've hit $40 billion within a few weeks.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think that would make his investment underwater

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Uhh, how does a 50k fine that doubles each day come out to 350k?

    Day 1: 50,000. Day 2: 100,000. Day 3: 200,000. Day 4: 400,000...

    We skipped right over 350...

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    The violation is committed every 24h. You do not get a bonus/discount for waiting out. It is added to your already amassed fine. The way you count would mean, that on day 5, they would get a ~50% discount in the fine (paying only 800K instead of the amassed 1.55M)

    Day 1: 50K -> 50K = 50K locked in

    Day 2: 100K -> 100K + 1st day 50K = 150K locked in

    Day 3: 200K -> 200K + 2nd day 100K + 1st day 50K = 350K locked in


    Day 4: 400K -> 400K + 3rd day 200K + 2nd day 100K + 1st day 50K = 750K locked in

    Day 5: 800K -> 800K + 4th day 400K + 3rd day 200K + 2nd day 100K + 1st day 50K = 1.550.000K locked in

    ...

    Day 6: 1.6M = 3.15M

    Day 7: 3.2M = 6.35M

    Day 8: 6.4M = 12.75M

    Day 9: 12.8M = 25.55M

    Day 10: 25.6M = 51.15M

    Day 11: 51.2M = 102.35M

    Day 12: 102.4M = 204.75M

    Day 13: 204.8M = 409.55M

    Day 14: 409.6M = 819.15M

    Day 15: 819.2M = 1.638B

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