The Powers That Be: Daily
The Powers That Be: Daily
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Meta’s $5 Billion Bounty
16 minutes Posted Sep 2, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Eriq Gardner joins Peter to explain why Meta’s settlement with state attorneys general is less about the $18 billion price tag than the precedent it sets: courts writing the rules for social media. Then they dig into the deal’s wildest clause—an extra $5 billion if regulators get TikTok, Snap, and YouTube on board—and why litigation may be the only path left for policing Big Tech.