A war is being waged against social media by governments around the world, but there's a surprising twist -- they're supposedly democracies, and the campaigns against social networks are apparently being waged with the consent or even support of their citizens. The Turkish electorate effectively endorsed prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown on social media, including blackouts imposed on Twitter and YouTube.

Close on the heels of multibillion-dollar deals to acquire WhatsApp and Oculus and rumors that it may buy drone maker Titan Aerospace, Facebook announced a new long-term strategic alliance with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, better known as BART.