If the CCP can’t get western governments to act like an extension of the party and Chinese State Media, they’ll be happy to work directly with big tech.
Agreed, you can see this now with them using big tech platforms to try to get Americans to believe you can't trust elections (replacing who's in charge every 4 years, yikes!), don't trust journalists, vaccine isn't safe (can't have the US bouncing back too fast), and ubiquitous surveillance is the only way to stay safe.
Hopefully YouTube and Twitter figure out the game they're playing and put a stop to it.
Hopefully YouTube and Twitter figure out the game they're playing and put a stop to it.