Are We Watching Facebook Accidentally Reprogram Delusion—Or Was That the Plan? Let’s be clear about what we’re asking: Why are tens of thousands of people—many in the throes of psychosis—convinced that government satellites are reading their minds and using “Remote Neural Monitoring” to control their behavior? And why does that belief thrive on Facebook? The delusions aren’t new. The themes are. Where people once heard demons or aliens, they now hear DARPA, microwave weapons, and AI harassment programs. These aren’t just metaphors. They’re full belief systems—complete with diagrams, patents, hashtags, support groups, whistleblower testimonies, and crowdsourced “evidence.” And Facebook, whether by accident or design, is where much of it lives, grows, and spreads. The standard explanation is that Facebook didn’t mean to do this. That its algorithms just do what algorithms do—match people based on shared content, promote what gets engagement, and spin up groups around common terms. That it’s all just an unintended consequence of trying to keep users “connected.” But here’s the problem: When the same platform that harvests behavioral data and predicts user vulnerability also hosts massive networks of persecutory belief—targeted individuals, gangstalking victims, RNM survivors—it stops being credible to say it’s “just a side effect.” We’re not accusing Meta of creating the belief. But at this scale, and with this consistency, “accidental” stops being a sufficient answer. Maybe it started that way. Maybe it’s still that way. But it needs to be asked: Is Facebook just where these delusions go to find each other—or is it shaping the delusions themselves? If people who would have once interpreted their suffering through demons or alien abduction are now re-narrating it in terms of government neuroweapons and real-time surveillance, is that just a cultural update—or is the platform itself directing the narrative? At the very least, we know this much: Facebook’s infrastructure (groups, hashtags, algorithmic suggestion) rewards repetition, community-building, and emotional intensity. Once a belief system like RNM takes root, the platform’s mechanics amplify and insulate it, creating a closed-loop system where users see their experiences mirrored and validated constantly. This isn’t happening on accident anymore. It’s predictable. Which means it’s testable. And if it’s testable, then it’s accountable. So we need to stop asking whether Meta meant for this to happen and start asking: At what point does engineered virality and community-building—delivered through systems tuned to psychological vulnerability—become indistinguishable from intent? Because if Facebook is where persecutory delusion is not only validated but modernized—transformed into high-tech mythologies of control—it’s not just a platform anymore. It’s part of the belief system. And that demands investigation.