> are really, REALLY good at spinning their mission into some “world-changing” spiel that completely absolves them of responsibility (e.g: Facebook).

Really? I don't think many people outside the valley believed that about FB ever, and I don't think many people outside FB believe that now.

FB doesn't seem all that good at spin in general... [1] [2] [3]

[1]: How Facebook’s crisis PR firm triggered a PR crisis https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/17/18099065/facebook-define...

[2]: Facebook's PR Crisis Is a Mess of Its Own Making https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-03-21/facebo...

[3]: What Did Zuckerberg Know? Lessons from Facebook’s Latest Scandal https://www.prnewsonline.com/lessons-Facebook-data-crisis