> If so then it wouldn’t matter what meta does but only what people think they are doing. So, if they say they are doing it, they might as well do it

Who is going to believe them even if they say it? The history of the company and the incentives for continuing to exploit every drop of personal data are too great. Even if they decided to 'technically comply' in the EU, we all know its because they just found some dodgy loophole to continue business as usual.