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by deworms 1337 days ago
Neither Meta nor Onlyfans are government organizations, they are privately owned and as such can make whatever deals they like. Calling a deal a "bribe" is just silly.
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> they are privately owned and as such can make whatever deals they like.

Not really.

1) Meta is publicly traded, and has a duty to shareholders.

2) Antitrust laws limit what can Meta can do.

3) Paying individual executives to take action against Meta's interest is a crime.

4) A deal that involves Meta breaching contractual obligations with other parties or otherwise committing torts (e.g. libel) is also actionable.

There are more exceptions, but that should be enough.

Publicly traded does not mean the same thing as being a public institution.
Objection: Irrelevant.
Publicly traded means fiduciary duty.
So they're obligated to accept bribes if they're in shareholders' best interest?