Perhaps the trick is to be capable of using analogies. "Facebook is an authoritarian regime." means "Within the context of users' actions on the platform (and

Perhaps the trick is to be capable of using analogies. "Facebook is an authoritarian regime." means "Within the context of users' actions on the platform (and actions of non-users that are nevertheless tracked by the company), Facebook acts in ways that are analogous to how an authoritarian regime acts towards its citizens."