Is Facebook going to use satellites to corner markets in the developing world?

There's some evidence that Facebook formed a subsidiary satellite company called “PointView” on the down low (the companies seem to share a number of assets, including staff and land). A filing by this corporation to the Federal Communications Commission reveals that the company wants to launch satellites in early 2019 to provide “fixed and mobile broadband access service” to “unserved and underserved areas throughout the world.” If implemented, a satellite internet service would potentially give Facebook unprecedented access to user data in some of the most vulnerable regions in the world. Facebook is already facing a mountain of unsolved issues related to privacy and hate speech moderation on its services; by cutting out the middleman and providing internet services directly, Facebook would take a major step toward maximizing its profits as an internet provider and gaining direct access to users without telecom middlemen.