[alexitorg]

It appears to be a very powerful influence tool. Ryan McBeth [1] made a video showing how easy it is to serve a message to small target demographics. This seems distinct to how, say, youtube works: serving adds to the targeted demographics and algorithm serving content based on prior. Tik tok seems to add a content creator being able target your content to an audience. This also seems to be able to be done without the public or any authorities being aware. It looks like a great tool to encourage discord. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB7WzqUq4Nk

[TowerTall]

On facebook it is possible to target a specific invidual. [2014]

https://ghostinfluence.com/the-ultimate-retaliation-pranking...

and more recent [2024] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39540738

[bufferout]

Tiktok is effectively controlled by a foreign/hostile power though. One who has the nous to ban foreign social media from their own shores.

[snapcaster]

how is Murk Zuckerberg any less foreign/hostile to me as an american compared to tiktok owners? Neither of them care about me in any way beyond selling me stuff and making sure I don't talk about the things their masters don't want me to (palestine in US, other stuff in China)

[rchaud]

Facebook allowed Russian interests to spread division through sponsored posts for years and even accepted rubles as payment until US sanctions were put into effect.

Unless the head of a corporation can be held criminally responsible, their nationality is irrelevant. The only thing theyre loyal to is money.