You became a target when the Internet gave you influence

Empowered or just escaped

The small story is that Internet free stuff like Facebook is free because YOU are the content and your life can be sold. The big story is that when the Internet empowered you to have influence, you destabilized the world's power structures.  Citizens gained sovereign influence and the power brokers lost market share. The fight is underway to buy up that influence and re-apportion it among powerful players.  Deep state players have lately got the upper hand with Covid fear tactics.