> Serious question: When does having 10,000 full time FB employee "moderators" to content expressed via their platform cross into the literal definition of Thought Police?

When FB moderators can impose penalties outside the context of Facebook, like jailing people.

Other than that, Facebook's control of content on its own site may be a good or bad decision, but it's nothing like police power of any kind, “Thought Police" or otherwise.

> When will be the first time a person is (if not having happened already) killed for their postings to FB?

It has probably happened already, but not because of Facebook exerting moderation.

> When FB moderators can impose penalties outside the context of Facebook, like jailing people.

...or seeding the Internet outrage machine by manufacturing a digital lynch mob to harass the person, dox them, harass their employer and friends and family, and utterly destroy their lives? I mean, this happens on Twitter and Tumblr all the time just by itself; actually controlling the platform would make it so much easier!

I don't think you're thinking out far enough... Zuck has already shown his cards with political aspirations... so - in ~10 years... yeah - I am imagining a much more dystopian take on FB

Legitimate question downvoted because it is counter to OP's narrative. This is the current state of HN. Sad!