The thing you have to keep in mind about corporations is that, unlike human beings, they lack consciences, at least most of them. They may say they have them, but for various reasons this is usually not at all true.<p>As a consequence, corporations do whatever will maximize their size and profitability, and are entirely indifferent as to whether what they do is good or bad for the society as a whole.<p>Now in the case of Facebook that means following policies that at least in some very important ways are quite bad for the world. That is the very nature of its business model. Furthermore I can't think of any way external pressure or governmental laws could seriously change that, so we need to be looking for alternatives.