“A drop in the bucket.” “A Christmas present five months early.” “So meaningless.” “A victory for Facebook.” “An embarrassing joke.” “Chump change.” “A thumbs down for consumers.” 

Politicians and pundits on Twitter over the weekend reacted viciously to reports that Facebook—represented by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher—had reached a $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations.

Here's how Matt Stoller, a fellow at the Open Markets Institute, described, the deal: “The chair of the FTC gets on all fours so Mark Zuckerberg can sit down on a human bench. Zuck then gets a bib and eats ribs, wiping his hands on the two other commissioners who must act as human napkins.”