Facebook has added more than 200 flags to its Profile Frames feature, letting users now attach a symbol of national identity to the corner of their profile pictures. Profile Frames came out in 2015 as a way to let users around the world pledge allegiance to their favorite sports team, and in December of last year Facebook started allowing anyone to design and submit their own photo frames. The addition of official flag frames was first reported by TechCrunch earlier today.

While this may seem like a warm-hearted gesture of good faith, there is a deeper way to read the introduction of photo frame flags. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week published a 5,800-word open…

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