The ability of Big Brother (or the Deep State, or whatever other appellation best fits your political viewpoint) to spy on every single American citizen by recording our every digital move is a new and dangerous phenomenon, unlike any other we have encountered before.  If our government – not just the current administration, but any future one as well – starts scheming about ways to impose increased control on society, it will need to pressure Facebook into playing along, willingly or (most likely) not.  The threat posed by the nexus of emerging new technologies (such as those employed by Facebook) and the goals of overreaching government, seeking to mold its citizenry into some desired image, is the greatest it has ever been and grows rapidly. So what would such a government want to see from Facebook?  "Playing along" would inevitably lead to Facebook effectively cooperating with the government on every level, perhaps even...(Read Full Article)