I think the reason for this is quite simple: Facebook can only sell you on privacy changes by trying to convince you of a better service/more convenience. The

I think the reason for this is quite simple: Facebook can only sell you on privacy changes by trying to convince you of a better service/more convenience. The U.S. Intelligence Community and Congress can sell you on surveillance by trying to convince you that such measures are essential in preventing American deaths. It isn't that people don't care the government is spying on us, it is that the government has a much more compelling argument to do so.