Author: William Lise

I am a long-term (50-plus years) resident of Japan, and former electrical engineer, and I have been translating and interpreting for over four decades here in Japan.

We’re owned and controlled by a humanoid.

The ballroom donor owner of Facebook and related surveillance/manipulation platforms has consistently pursued a business model of amassing wealth by acting disingenuously and unethically, and he has also incessantly lied to government bodies about his intentions and actions. He exhibits no socially redeeming qualities.

Add to that his egregious shadow-banning of Facebook posts that are critical of him and his business model, and the message is clear: Stop being a part of his outrageous business model.

The sad reality, however, is that there are few—perhaps there are none—easy-to-use online venues that are not profited from by people who should be behind bars. That being the case, I have decided not to totally disappear from Zuckerberg’s surveillance and manipulation cesspool, and remain, with the understanding that the humanoid owner of Meta exhibits no socially redeeming qualities and that he will not change.

I hope the platform owner enjoys the ballroom for which he’s paid part, the completion of which might require a declaration of martial law to achieve. 乞うご期fucking待.

Don’t expect any change.

It is seriously mistaken to think that even having to pay billions of dollars in fines because of harming children is going to substantially change Meta’s business model of surveillance, manipulation, and promotion of addiction.

What will happen is that it will look like Meta will do something, but they will do nothing effective to protect children—it’s difficult, workarounds are already available, Meta will resist and lie about it, and doing anything effective would trash their business model, and you can be assured that is not going to happen.

And since this legal action was with regard to what Meta does to children, it will act as an effective distraction from Meta’s harmful effects on billions of adults.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but I don’t think there’s much chance of it effecting any real changed.