By real APIs I mean ones with sufficient durability and access to data to allow third parties to provide innovative products based on them. The bundle download

By real APIs I mean ones with sufficient durability and access to data to allow third parties to provide innovative products based on them. The bundle download that Facebook offers (which I have used) doesn't meet those criteria, we can see this because no one has built a business off it. At the moment Tinder is the only company I'm aware of that really does this, and it's not exactly a corner stone of democracy. I've no idea why you've written the word compel in speech marks? If it is because you think it is unacceptable to ever compel a private corporation to anything, I'd point out that Facebook and all other corporations are already bound by all kinds of laws, many of which are very widely accepted. Especially relevant here are the laws (and social norms) TV and print organisations adhere to.