In Facebook Exposed the author notes:
A Facebook board member tweeted that ‘anti-colonialism has been economically catastrophic for the Indian people for decades. Why stop now?’ As Taplin points out, that remark ‘unwittingly revealed a previously unspoken truth: Facebook and Google are the new colonial powers.’
The article linked is long. You should read the whole thing.
Faceboook also seems to have considerable influence on the courts when it is on trial.