My response is by no means a whole response, but I share my amused surprise given that 'shareholder value' argument gets trotted out the moment company does any

My response is by no means a whole response, but I share my amused surprise given that 'shareholder value' argument gets trotted out the moment company does anything that upsets society a little. This suggests that it is not about the good of the society, but that of a specific power center. Normally, as you said, pursuit of profit is cool in US. Here, FB, if you listen to some of the commentary, is not doing 'enough' to combat 'hate' and 'disinformation'. In short, FB does not do enough about wrongthink to use 1984 terms. Now, there are arguments to use against FB for the impact on society, but the fact that everyone appears to be surprised that company, gasp, chooses profit over society, is beyond hilarious. No fucking shit.