> But closer to an election, they can be gamed and weaponized for harm But there's elections all the time. There's many different elections in the US alone, an

> But closer to an election, they can be gamed and weaponized for harm But there's elections all the time. There's many different elections in the US alone, any many many more throughout the world. And elections are just one thing, what about influence over opinions for bills/law/reforms? Wars? Public opinion about basically any subject, from economics to gender/race/class tensions? If you accept that social media is weaponised for this election, it seems naive to not accept it is being weaponised absolutely all the time