Should Facebook be Nationalized?
Facebook has become a "public good" and an "important social resource" for research and other things, according to Philip N. Howard writing in +Slate. 
Meanwhile, the company is "behaving badly" towards users and its future existence is uncertain. 
So maybe it should be nationalized, according to Howard -- taken over by the government and run as a government service like the US Postal Service is. 

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/08/facebook_should_be_nationalized_to_protect_user_rights_.single.html