One of the most concerning things this year (2017) was the incessant talk of Zukerberg getting into politics. Our democratic principles cannot dis-allow him to

One of the most concerning things this year (2017) was the incessant talk of Zukerberg getting into politics. Our democratic principles cannot dis-allow him to contest. At the same time, imagine a rouge group of developers within FB, guided by Zuckerberg, digging dirt on political opponents and info-sniping anyone in his way to power. Google might have browsing habits, purchasing habits and perhaps emails (though who, especially young people, communicate their thoughts through email?) but FB has peoples thoughts, political leanings, influence of news on their world outlook, detailed data on how to manipulate them, what angle of a piece of news will best influence them, their personal lives, their friends, family and acquaintances, their dissent, their passions and a very detailed timeline of their lives. And they also have detailed real time analysis on chats in WhatsApp, browsing habits, detailed biometric information, GPS location details and what not. We have a lot more to fear from FB. Imagine how useful that info and power will be to a politician. Imagine, as a retaliation against European Anti-trust and data security issues, FB delays implementing tools to fight Russian social media influence in Europe for a few weeks before election? Imagine FB using AI to automatically change news stories to feed off the leanings of it's audience. Imagine FB preventing flow of atrocities within communities. Imagine FB covertly publishing dirt on people trying to investigate it. If FB went rouge, is it possible for the current political and media systems to really counter its onslaught? The whole world should be afraid of FB. It has too much data and too much power. Its the one true cult.