Wow. An excellent, pointed take. Facebook has put profit & self-interest over ethics. They have taken a step-back, reflected, and fully embraced the damage the

Wow. An excellent, pointed take. Facebook has put profit & self-interest over ethics. They have taken a step-back, reflected, and fully embraced the damage they have caused, are causing, and will continue to cause. Some of this is reactionary. Zuckerberg feels that "the left" (as if there is one, unified left) has gone to war against him (via his company). Front-runner 2020 candidates like Warren and Sanders are explicitly stating they will examine regulation & oversight legislation to reel in some companies behaviors. His concern may be legitimate, however his reaction is childlike. Zuckerberg is now taking private dinners with the current POTUS, probably to curry policy favor even though there will be inevitable strings attached (as is always the case). It also means he now has a stake in a "side" of the US body politic and so his actions will move in the direction of support for that side. Attempting to curry policy favor isn't new, is has happened, does happen, and will happen. That being said, Zuck's newfound eagerness to spread misinformation via the power of his platform is eyebrow-raising. I would argue that this lack of ethics will ultimately hurt both "sides" of the US political spectrum, it will just take longer for one "side" to feel it than the other. Note: I use "sides" in quotes specifically because Americans are quite often divided into two opposing sides, even when there are many actual sides, interests, groups.