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by ranger207 1183 days ago
Yes. At the moment I expect Facebook, Twitter, etc to be focused mainly on using the data they collect to drive engagement and serve more ads. I expect the US government to have relatively weak and ineffective information operations on those platforms because they don't own the platforms and are relatively inexperienced with internet scale information operations. I expect TikTok to be focused mainly on using the data they collect to drive engagement more effectively than previously feasible and serve information operations. I expect the Chinese government to have strong and effective information operations on that platform because in a real sense the government and by extension the Chinese Communist Party does own the platform and have large amounts of experience in internet scale information operations.