I have no doubt whatsoever than the political establishment of any country would be extremely happy if all this social media rigamarole would just go away. Like

I have no doubt whatsoever than the political establishment of any country would be extremely happy if all this social media rigamarole would just go away. Like it or not, with all its problems, Facebook has become _the_ de-facto political-organising platform for the masses. Its virality and communication channels help grassroot causes immensely, annoying political professionals who are used to control the conversation with traditional methods. Whether or not FB (or any other social platform) is a net negative on the world, helping fake-news stuff and empowering nazis, it is an actual fact that large chunks of the political discourse in open societies now lives there. Because the platform is relatively open, it often tips the balance of power away from established interests and into the hands of the otherwise-disenfranchised. Does Zuck need to clean up his act? Sure. Is privacy-oriented EU legislation right, to clamp-down on the current wild-west? Totally. But beware of people using these excuses to provoke denial-of-service attacks on services that help more direct democracy, because they are using our good intentions to pave a shiny new road to a hell they can thoroughly control.