I think advertisement of course is a big factor, but it is a smoke screen for running an intelligence service. A company without state agencies backing wouldn'

I think advertisement of course is a big factor, but it is a smoke screen for running an intelligence service. A company without state agencies backing wouldn't be allowed to just ignore governments, let alone a big one like German. Facebook is just an informant network and intelligence gathering op. They finance it through ads (in a similar vein as they financed Contras with drug money).