... the spooks have been happy to turn a blind eye to FB social crimes while they have been major beneficiaries of gaining all that juicy surveilled data and privacy-raping their citizens .... now suddenly they grow a conscience when FB rolls out end-to-end encryption plans?
They never grew a conscience. The FB user base growth has stalled, and these orgs have bought all the data they need from FB atm.
Once a major corporation stops growing, it's time to create FUD and go mega short. Classic insider playbook.