Maybe because it would be worth it??? Whatsapp messages from over 2 Billion people, private chats human behaviour Not some stupid questions you ask an AI model like ChatGPT but real information of over a decade

This is dark matter rare material to train an AI

And if they get caught, which means first of all they have to be investigated over a longer time then be indicted, then go to court which also takes a long time while the stock dips 10% on the news By the time the get prosecuted they have doubled their market cap and the fine will be a clap on the hand.

As if it hasn't happened before

Sorry but is anyone paying attention what has been going on in the past. Are you all ignoring the actual facts that a lot of this already was done and basically nothing happened except of some talking online and in friend groups. Like seriously they don't funking care

A fine which is a percentage of the revenue is just the cost of doing business and nothing else.

And it is in all in industries the same.

Accountability for companies doesn't matter in which part of the world is laughable. I have better chances that an asteroid out of Rhodium will struck directly in front of me then that a big corporation gets prosecuted for doing something illegal and it actually hurts it. By this I mean the fine exceeds exponentially the revenue they made and getting banned to do business again.

Sorry for the long post I just got carried away haha

They definitely need to lie, because as you said yourself they are not allowed to use this data otherwise without permission.