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by neglesaks 814 days ago
"Meta" is The Evil Online Empire at this point, it's company history is a litany is decidedly immoral if not outright evil actions.
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staplers 814 days ago
Meta is a known state-actor. They likely have federal immunity to most wrong-doings.

(Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gd9b/facebook-helped-fbi-h...)

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hereme888 814 days ago
That article does not back up the claim that Meta is a state-actor.

I hate FB, but all big platforms these days will cooperate with federal agencies in cases like the one described. Doesn't make them "state actors".

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staplers 813 days ago 

  "Facebook hired a cybersecurity consulting firm to develop a hacking tool, which cost six figures. Our sources described the tool as a zero-day exploit, which refers to a vulnerability in software that is unknown to the software developers. The firm worked with a Facebook engineer and wrote a program that would attach an exploit taking advantage of a flaw in Tails’ video player to reveal the real IP address of the person viewing the video."
They literally hired a team based on an FBI request to create a zero-day exploit. This wasn't just a "give us information" request. They actively R&D'd a tool for the government.
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