by Enrique Dans June 13, 2025 from Medium Website Article also HERE
Meta... Technology Company or Association of Criminals?
I've said it countless times:
The latest revelations prove we're not dealing with isolated mistakes but a corporate culture built on repeat offenses and impunity. No fine - 'no matter how hefty - 'can fix such a deeply embedded pattern of behavior.
This company has gone beyond law breaking to outright obscenity.
TechCrunch recently revealed how the new Meta AI app turned users' private conversations into a public showcase, exposing audio, texts, and images - all under murky terms no one truly understood.
The fact that someone could ask the chatbot about tax evasion or share medical data and end up being watched by strangers is, quite simply, a violation of the most basic trust.
But its localhost scam is even more sinister.
...uncovered how Facebook and Instagram opened hidden ports on users' phones to harvest cookies generated by the ubiquitous Meta Pixel - linking your entire browsing history to your real identity, even when you weren't logged in.
Naturally,
Break the rules first, ask permission later has been the company's go-to strategy since its inception - long before Cambridge Analytica.
If in the past Meta survived record-breaking FTC fines or the €1.2 billion penalty from the EDPB, today it's using, ...to bypass even incognito mode.
No one is safe while this company is allowed to operate - its culture is too toxic to be tolerated.
The excuse of "OK, we've now disabled it" rings hollow when you review the history
These are not oversights:
No fine can stop what is clearly a core feature of an entrenched corporate culture,
This long track record shows that fines, however steep, are now just another line item on the balance sheet - the cost of doing business.
Regulation isn't enough, because those who systematically trample the law don't change with tighter rules,
And if the criminal culture starts at the top,
Mark Zuckerberg has personally shaped an environment where privacy is not a right to respect but an obstacle to overcome.
In criminal law, that's called intent:
For all these reasons, it's time to dismantle Meta.
Shutting the company down, seizing its assets, and criminally prosecuting its leadership isn't an overreaction or hyperbole, it's the logical response when an organization makes unlawful behavior its growth engine.
Every day it continues to operate, it expands its archive of surveilled lives and normalizes the plundering of digital rights to unspeakable extremes.
If we truly believe privacy is a democratic pillar, we must act accordingly:
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