What brought on this apology? Per the article, it was the election of President Trump.
There is no apology for child pornography and abuse, other forms of sex trafficking or any of the other criminal activity that the internet enables and protects.
The other thing is that they really think that they are the cause of Trump’s election. They have no idea that “we the people” exist. They actually believe their own lies and that people can be so easily manipulated by them.
I wish them well and hope they find a way to liberate themselves from their own feedback loop of outrage.