>Most of the deals Facebook did to buy WhatsApp, Instagram and others where approved by the US government. But if those approvals can be reversed, why bother re

>Most of the deals Facebook did to buy WhatsApp, Instagram and others where approved by the US government. But if those approvals can be reversed, why bother requiring them to begin with? Most of those deals had pre-conditions and promises by Facebook. Facebook has ignored most of the obligations with basically a "what are you going to do about it" attitude. For instance: >The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a letter to the two companies on Thursday, said WhatsApp must adhere to its current privacy practices after the merger, including a promise not to use WhatsApp users’ personal data for targeted ads. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-whatsapp/facebook-says-whatsapp-deal-cleared-by-ftc-idUSBREA391VA20140410 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-whatsapp/faceboo... So they directly ignore that requirement and try to claim "well it's in the T&C!" which they KNOW users don't read. And even if they did, end-users accepting a T&C doesn't give you some magical power to ignore a government mandate. https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/25/whatsapp-to-share-user-data-with-facebook-for-ad-targeting-heres-how-to-opt-out/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/25/whatsapp-to-share-user-dat...