Trump accused the DOJ of "secretly attacking" his Twitter account.

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.

  • @[email protected]
    7•1 year ago

    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…

    • Rev. LayleEnglish
      58•1 year ago

      I believe it is cumulative.

      50k first day

      PLUS 100k next day (running total 150k)

      PLUS 200k next day (running total 350k)

    • @[email protected]
      14•1 year ago

      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