...after 5 years of hand-wringing and investigations. By which time Facebook would have had made out like mad bandits. Plus they really can white-wash the data

...after 5 years of hand-wringing and investigations. By which time Facebook would have had made out like mad bandits. Plus they really can white-wash the data; as per the announcements, not only Facebook but also other major entities would hold the ledger. You can easily imagine Facebook buying (or getting for a nominal $1) processed data from the other entities. No user data would change hands, "merely" well trained AI models.