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> Facebook is not trademark squatting.

Signal is a registered Trademark. They are buying ads for the word Signal. How is that not Trademark squatting?

> Facebook is not bribing anyone.

I think OPs point is that it should be considered bribery to pay Google to show up at the top of the search results. I think they chose their words very intentionally.

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Trademark squatting and bribery have specific, legal definitions and in many countries are illegal.

It does not mean bidding on your competitor's keywords or paying to use Google's advertising platform.

You do understand that what you are saying is libellous right ?

I read it in the context of "some day". They may be expressing optimism that the legal definitions could be corrected to match what they (and I) consider to be the commonly used meanings of these words.

> Trademark squatting is when one party intentionally files a trademark application for a second party's registered trademark in a country where the second party does not currently hold a trademark registration.

https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/newsletter/inve...

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