[TheOtherHobbes]

Somehow I don't think the 1st Amendment protects a corporation's right to track and monitor its users for profit, even when they're not using the corporation's site/app. Or to fine-tune its algorithms to support behaviour modification.

Without the promises made on behalf of FB's tracking tech and the behavioural feedback loops they farm, the social features are basically worthless.

FB's problem isn't a 1st Amendment issue. It's the fact that it lies about the effectiveness of its ad tech to its advertisers, while also attempting to hide the toxicity of its behaviour mod techniques.

And there are too many parts of the world where it has monopoly status on both.