Meta pays up for privacy, while nuclear watchdogs just give up
It has been a wild day for both tech billionaires and the people supposed to keep us from glowing in the dark.
Meta just agreed to cough up 17 billion dollars to settle a massive pile of lawsuits. It is a staggering amount of cash, but it is basically pocket change for them when you consider how much data they harvest every single day.
Meanwhile, the folks at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are deciding that radiation safety rules from the last few decades are just too much work. They are planning to scrap a key protection, because apparently, safety is just a suggestion now.
Corporate giants can afford to buy their way out of trouble, while the watchdogs are busy packing it in.
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