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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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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Powers of two don’t fuck around.

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Doing a data science degree right now. No. No they do not.

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

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I think that would make his investment underwater

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$350K might make it underwater?

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How is that not just standardized and know at the time of the ruling ?

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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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I believe it is cumulative.

50k first day

PLUS 100k next day (running total 150k)

PLUS 200k next day (running total 350k)

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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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Unlike the rest of the justice system.

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