We might never know why Facebook chose to algorithmically recommend or amplify groups that lured voice hearers—individuals with psychosis or related vulnerabilities—into communities promoting the belief that their hallucinated voices were not symptoms of illness, but rather evidence of surveillance or “mind control” by neighbors using directed energy weapons. These online communities, often organized around the “Targeted Individual” conspiracy, systematically redirected psychiatric phenomena into paranoid narratives, actively discouraging clinical treatment and replacing it with suspicion and isolation. As of now, no regulatory body or influential figure has forced the platform to publicly explain how or why these recommendations were allowed to proliferate.

 This silence reveals a structural and ethical failure: though major tech platforms increasingly engage in social experimentation through algorithmic design, there remains no legal or institutional framework to challenge their role in manipulating the beliefs and behaviors of people with serious mental disabilities. Deception in digital environments, unlike traditional psychological research, lacks review boards, debriefing protocols, or informed consent processes—yet the effects can be equally or more damaging. When vulnerable individuals are nudged toward delusional belief systems for engagement metrics, the line between negligent algorithmic suggestion and psychological exploitation becomes dangerously thin.