The obvious answer is that Facebook were having some reasonably public disagreements with traditional media organizations, most notably Rupert Murdoch's, over t

The obvious answer is that Facebook were having some reasonably public disagreements with traditional media organizations, most notably Rupert Murdoch's, over the question of news articles viewed on Facebook. The problem was, Facebook was essentially running ads against the content of Murdoch's media. Murdoch reportedly asked Zuck to simply pay for the news articles that were in the Facebook feed - and Zuckerberg reportedly laughed him off.[0] So now, we have a massive public trial, conducted by all the public figures most indebted to Rupert Murdoch. [0]:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/22/rupert-murdoch-facebook-should-pay-news-publishers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/22/rupert-mu...