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Earlier this month the DOJ asked Facebook to "halt end-to-end encryption" by adding a backdoor to all of Facebook's apps. Perhaps this is a reason.

I m confused, the top government officials are the children or the predators?

The answer is yes.

Why would facebook comply?

Why wouldn't a company of that size comply?

It’s an unnecessary cost and hurts whatever brand value remains.

Facebook is already given the NSA instant access to all their significant user data. Do you think they're doing that for free?