Of course they want to politicize this. And the EU is being far too careful here, these amounts are only 1.5% of the maximum penalty. They got off easy

The cost of doing business for them. Make the fines actually proportional and ongoing until they stop breaking the laws

Meta calls its penalty a ‘tariff’

That's a retaliatory tariff. Meta broke the law, and the EU retaliated.

has zuck always been this fucking stupid, or has he just been eating his own dog food too long?

fine Meta for calling it a tariff.

Ah, no. The real tariffs come when the EU starts to charge them through the nose for using EU customer data. This is on the agenda for when some real retaliation is needed.

Looking forward to where this goes if Europe sticks to its guns when things get ugly. Let them belittle us, let them antagonize, misdirect and make fun.

We haven't even started pressing where it really hurts the US and its oligarchs. Which is precisely their precious digital exports we all consume and barely tax.

Never give in to bullies. Absolutely never, no matter how enticing or harmless they make it seem. Watch them repeat a Trump-China by poking the bear then sheepishly back down and say "Europe needs to make a deal with us" when it bites their behind.

Meta is a tariff on humanity.

Well, now we know why Trump and JD Vance were saying anti-EU things lately

The rich and powerful are going mask off about being above the law. Fuck you lizard boy, and fuck Meta and their "products"

Penalty Tariff ? no, no Meta, this is what you need to pay monthly, for all the data you sell and use without consent!

Oh yeah, wait! Law should be shaped after Meta’s way of doing business, so unfair.

Just trying to market on stupidity like Trump

800m is just a small change for them

Well, apparently, meta can be charged with higher tariffs