Interpreting this wrong at first made me realize the colonial-esque, modern day exploitation parallels between China and Facebook, especially wrt Africa. China

Interpreting this wrong at first made me realize the colonial-esque, modern day exploitation parallels between China and Facebook, especially wrt Africa. China building ports and rail (with predatory, sovereignty-usurping lending terms); Facebook building fiber (with ROI measured not in bandwith-revenue, but captive audience eyeballs). Military bases vs data centers. Power projected as global military presence vs global advertising market. The usefulness to each "colonizer" is nothing to do with benevolent investment at a modest interest rate, but exploitative access, while slinging PR about providing basic needs to humanity. Maybe I'm being overly cynical. I generally would be inclined to view this type of deal as win-win, everyone benefits. On the other hand, between Facebook and China, I honestly don't know who I would trust less with my data. Or who to be more suspicious of, being subject to their algorithms, social engineering, propaganda, agenda, global ambition, etc. Of course I say this having multiple vectors of internet access and the benefit of not being subject to Chinese sovereignty.