Imagine a company had a giant government relations team that went around and gave “seminars” showing politicians and government officials how to use their softw

Imagine a company had a giant government relations team that went around and gave “seminars” showing politicians and government officials how to use their software to connect with local constituents, used that connectivity to then target those constituents with bogus ads filled with false information, and then pulled the entire communications capability when the politicians started to question a completely different aspect of the now-monopoly-like service. Now you understand why these politicians, and their peers in other countries, aren’t playing ball. Yes, Murdoch set this up, but Facebook walked right into the trap. And you know, this is a good playbook for anyone that wants to take these guys on in the future: let them walk into their own traps, because you can always count on them to think they’re invincible.