...And ironically, OP was falling into the exact same hysteria machine that his/her friends have fallen into. OP was so eager to regurgitate the popular news n

...And ironically, OP was falling into the exact same hysteria machine that his/her friends have fallen into. OP was so eager to regurgitate the popular news narrative that Facebook is ruining the world, he failed to see that in this particular case, Facebook is being banned over online leaks of documents proving government corruption with Covid-19 funds. The government in this case isn't doing this because they want to protect people. They're doing this because they want to freely steal money without public scrutiny on social media.