Facebook's ideals: As fake as its fakest news

Facebook doesn't care. You know this.

After all, why should anyone be surprised by that recent report alluding to the potential of Facebook supporting Chinese censorship of their News Feed? They want to make inroads into China, where the service is currently banned. China is a huge potential market for them. The social network is a machine, and human users are its grist. 

We're there to create data that increases the platform's value. And the nature of that data—whether it's a pictures of an infant, or a fake news post influencing someone's vote—is secondary.