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Meta is a creep who will _never_ take no for an answer, and never stop trying to ignore their lack of consent. Every media & regulatory organization in the world seems determined to ignore this reality; I genuinely don't understand why. Today's settlement is so that Meta can keep violating consent.

Their tactic, which they have done over and over again for more than a decade, is simple: * Get caught violating privacy and trust * Say that it was an accident or mistake * Wait long enough for people's attention to drift, and ship the abusive feature anyway They have done this _dozens_ of times

This practice is so engrained that Meta alumni who are now product managers at companies like OpenAI do it reflexively, as a matter of habit, when launching new products. Legal and marketing teams have complete routines and rituals for this strategy. It has no name because it doesn't _need_ one!

Facebook directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. Every executive involved in running the company today chose to work at a company that directly enabled those deaths. Compared to that, it is _nothing_ for their products to cause your children harm. Billions for a settlement is a pittance.

What is the solution? 😟