Facebook was an even bigger joke, readily bending to authoritarians the world over, and eager to build tools of censorship. Be careful about romanticizing these people, perhaps they don't have Musk's personality, however, things still got worse under them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemisms_for_Internet_censorship_in_China In China, it is the very excuse which is used for censorship.
As I pointed out the other day, "safety" can be used to *justify anything*. This is how you have "Trust & Safety" folks giving rhetorical cover to authoritarian regimes in Asia.