[interactivecode]

Well in the US the gov doesnt do it themselves directly but instead pays russians to do it for them. I guess the chineese werent willing?

[apex3stoker]

The US government never did that.

Russian did use facebook and other social media to influence voters. It was rather effective.

But it is totally different from Chinese government compelling tiktok using full access of its internal data to do their bidding in secret. The effectiveness will likely be much higher.