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0 pointsedanm5y ago0 comments

Not sure why RivieraKid was getting downvoted - there's no "just a message to the stock market". Lying in this context would be illegal, and would open FB up to shareholders suing the company IMO.

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perl4ever5y ago

I'm not a securities lawyer, but I would assume that there is little deterrence for "sending a message to the stock market" with statements about hopes, plans, or predictions for the future. As long as there's nothing definitively false as of the moment you say it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-looking_statement

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0 pointsedanm5y ago0 comments

Not sure why RivieraKid was getting downvoted - there's no "just a message to the stock market". Lying in this context would be illegal, and would open FB up to shareholders suing the company IMO.

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perl4ever5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-looking_statement

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