i mean...were they really liable before this point? Maybe they get a symbolic pittance of a settlement or fine from time to time, but it is usually a tiny fraction of the amount of money they made through the infraction itself.

If they were being held liable they would have never released the models into the wild, not until they had much much better understanding both of how they operated but also how to operate them...

They have never understood what they are doing, and have just been causing literal mayhem...