One thing that’s important to do in a discussion of regulating Facebook is to separate the conversation from personal evaluations of its founders and managers.

One thing that’s important to do in a discussion of regulating Facebook is to separate the conversation from personal evaluations of its founders and managers. A person does not need to be evil or even ill-intentioned to invent something destructive. Paul Müller wasn’t trying to hurt anyone when he discovered the pesticidal properties of DDT, and his Nobel Prize can be considered well-deserved. That shouldn’t stop us from evaluating the invention on its own merit, deciding to regulate or ban it, and doing so without any malice towards Müller, regardless of whether he is on our side or defensive of his invention. The invention is bigger than and separate from the inventor.