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BBC: “It shouldn’t have taken a lawsuit for Meta to implement safety measures, whistleblower says” (www.bbc.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by obsidian@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Meta: “There’s no problem.” Also Meta after getting sued: “Here are the safety changes everyone should adopt.” 😆

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[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean, "excuse"?

In the New Mexico lawsuit, an accusation was explicitly that Meta was encrypting private messages. That it did not and could not spy on private communication was found to be a "design flaw".

That's what people here are cheering for: More surveillance and control, administered by Meta.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

And probably age verification so Meta can tell who's a minor.

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Yup. Age verification is in the new settlement. They also have to continue monitoring accounts to find minors who defeated the initial verification.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 1 points 11 hours ago

That's kinda what I was referring to. My pov is that meta are liars and they are deff spying as it is.