In other words, a big customer finally got effected

Many years ago I had a Facebook account under my real name, and they blocked it and told me to verify ... I did everything they asked and they wouldn't accept it... I recreated it under a fake name (very obvious it's fake since it uses a celeb name) and have been using it for messaging a couple of friends for like a decade now with no issue

Here let me fix that for you

EU: demands changes to allow non-verifiable software

Apple: ~~disagrees, but allows it~~ does half assed job to try and make regulations look bad for its users

platform browser less secure

TheRegister: Damned Apple!!

Ok but western Australia has everybody here beat

The same oil refineries which they have sanctions on so people won't buy from? Those ones?

Given the company is worth over $100b I don't even think something this value would be mentioned to the board, let alone concern them when they just bought a potential president for cheap

Given there's no air holes he did well to get that close

You know how artists can poison their images for AI... We need a way to poison content on Reddit

I'm no expert by any means but I think once he's kicked out of NY, it's going to be pretty difficult for him to get back in.

He also has the court appointed monitor for the next 3 years which he already complained is costing him money (by stopping him from committing more fraud).

On top of that, banks will think twice before doing business with him in the future making it very difficult for him to make money without risking what he already has

While I agree that it should have been much more, I think (well more of a hope) that the long term damage this will do will cost him and his family far more than if he never committed fraud in the first place... Then again, he's shown an amazing ability to avoid consequences this far

They don't want to declare independence because they have not ever been part of China. By declaring independence, they are giving weight to China's claims

It's nothing about maintaining the status quo

This is exactly right... A lot of bots already pay for blue since it promotes them and prevents them from getting blocked/muted so easily

$1/bot/yr will be nothing to bot farms

You forgot step 0... Have parents who own an emerald mine so you have money to play with and do what you want