A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form

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    18 hours ago

    But Facebook/“Meta” would never lie.

    Oopsie! Hang on, they even lie to lawmakers in case buying them off fails? Bummer!

    Seriously: this company needs to be scoured from the face of the earth.

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      Mergers: Commission fines Facebook €110 million for providing misleading information about WhatsApp takeover - Brussels, 18 May 2017

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        4 hours ago

        Profit made from yet more abuse of user data: 500m EUR
        Cost of misleading lying to lawmakers: 110m EUR
        Net profit: 390m EUR
        “We got 'em good, boys! I’m sure they’re never going to try that again!”