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Meta complies with legal warrant. The end.

I would not hold Meta at fault here. This travesty is basically on every uncompromising anti-abortion activist who have goaded their spineless representatives and government officials to put vulnerable women in this situation.

In short, Nebraska government and attorney general are shit bags. The woman and Meta haven't done anything wrong. Meta should however advertise that only WhatsApp chat is E2E encrypted and that anything discussed on Messenger can be obtained via a warrant.

One can hold both parties responsible. And we should. There are steps they could take, as you have pointed out, that they have not.

They help write the law, they dictate most of our lives. When it comes time for them make a moral stand we defend them, "they're just following orders."

The only thing they meaningfully punished for is not making money. No wonder our world isn't going great.

A warrant they wouldn't be able to comply with if they e2e encrypted their chat.

^^^^^^^ THIS!!!

But no, Meta wants to sniff your conversations so they can sell you shit. The cost of Meta's advertising is your freedom.

Draconian, privacy invasive law enforced on woman by discovering her chat history.

More people need reminded what can happen to them if they discuss controversial or illegal things on these ubiquitous chat programs.

People don't understand that a "private" chat is not the same as "end to end encrypted so that the provider can't see it".

Even if messages are set to disappear, they most likely will be logged anyway (Snapchat).

Don't use meta products. The end

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