Exactly— it is ridiculous to think that it’s Facebook’s fault that a world power like Russia is putting its resources behind fake identities and fake companies to abuse their platform. The US government should be the one to blame for allowing that to happen.

It seems like Facebook is blamed for all of the worlds woes at this point, without any thought given to the fact that there have always been authoritarian governments and bad leaders, and just because in the internet age some of these bad things take place online doesn’t mean Facebook or the internet is causing them.

If anything it just goes to show Facebook is not the ideal platform for political dissidents and protesters and maybe there is an opportunity to create something better for that use-case. The platform was designed for US college students to socialize and plan parties and post photos originally, not for people to combat authoritarian regimes. Those two use cases are drastically different. The fact that Facebook is not ideal for all use-cases shouldn’t surprise anyone.

I agree they now have great opportunities to do a lot more than simply catering to safe and secure Americans, but they are still a young company with a lot to learn.