Except those regulators and those who interpret laws are essentially doing so at the public's behest, as they are elected officials, or at the very least, appointed by elected officials.
Those elected officials have 100 billion rea$on$ to not go after someone who insulted them. Zuck is bigger than all of those people combined. He's the powerful person, not some schmuck in congress who may or may not be in that same seat in a year or two. He could easily say "oh, you want to come after me because I talked back to you? OK, well, don't be surprised if your opponent in your reelection campaign just got a nice $100 million dollar boost" or "hey, yeah I said some mean things to you, but how about you come and work here at Meta once your term is over? I'll make it worth your while" and just like that all regulatory pressure is done away with.
In China, The Party can just say "we're bigger than you, so what we say goes", and that's it - no recourse, no independent watchdog, no independent judiciary, nothing. The Party owns your ass, and you'd best be thankful for that.
Those elected officials have 100 billion rea$on$ to not go after someone who insulted them. Zuck is bigger than all of those people combined. He's the powerful person, not some schmuck in congress who may or may not be in that same seat in a year or two. He could easily say "oh, you want to come after me because I talked back to you? OK, well, don't be surprised if your opponent in your reelection campaign just got a nice $100 million dollar boost" or "hey, yeah I said some mean things to you, but how about you come and work here at Meta once your term is over? I'll make it worth your while" and just like that all regulatory pressure is done away with.
In China, The Party can just say "we're bigger than you, so what we say goes", and that's it - no recourse, no independent watchdog, no independent judiciary, nothing. The Party owns your ass, and you'd best be thankful for that.