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[BROKEN PROMISES] LEDGER
// Promise vs Reality

Documented Lies

Public commitments that were later broken, quietly abandoned, or contradicted on the record. Each entry pairs the promise — with its primary source — against the documented violations that followed.

// Aggregate public harm across 2 assessed promises
$5 billionestimated public cost
87M peopleaffected
1 documented promise
WhatsApp Violated Major Primary evidence Privacy
WhatsApp founders: 'Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA' — no Facebook data sharing
Said “Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA … Above all else, I want to make sure you understand how deeply I value the principle of private communication. … We have not, we do not and we will not ever sell your pe…”
Promised 2014-02-19 00:00:00+00 Audience · General public 2 sourced violations Latest breach 2021-09-02 00:00:00+00
Source WhatsApp blog, 19 February 2014 (archived) ↗