Using #ActicityPub and #Mastodon as a launching point, Meta could provide social cloud services that met regulation requirements. Small devs and admins, who couldn't meet it themselves, would be compelled to migrate.
This would first happen through #threads (dot) net.
Meta then offers a revenue-split with its ad network. This aligns with a well-documented #regulatorycapture strategy using a carrot and stick tactic. Where regulation is the stick and ad-revenue the carrot.