it definitely seems like technical progress! it reminds me of reading about xkeyscore, except that Fb is doing both intelligence and interventions on the same platform.

I'd love to learn about CORGI and HELLCAT and those other nifty tools they're using.

What do you mean by your question?

Of course it's progress. It's just a matter of asking what we are progressing towards.

Facebook was funded by CIA in-q-tel