They could, but Zuckerberg has invested years in saying that sharing information on Facebook is somewhat meaningful towards making the world more connected.
So when Facebook does what Facebook does, he can't just shrug and has to justify it.
my 2 cents: he's definitely wrong this time around.
When you say "wants to make the world more connected" are you implying that Zuckerberg is an ideologically committed globalist? Maybe he's not and just meant it in a purely technical sense as in one big elaborate but dumb pipe from anybody to anybody.
Well, I am not in his mind. But everytime he mentioned "making the world more connected" he did look and argumented as he meant it from an ideological point of view.
Whether he really has purpose or is it just marketing speak to justify a dumb pipe, one could only speculate about that..
So when Facebook does what Facebook does, he can't just shrug and has to justify it.
my 2 cents: he's definitely wrong this time around.