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I don't really see either of those as factors or at least not major factors. China is entirely comfortable playing a long game they take a long view with nearly
by sqeaky 2y ago
I don't really see either of those as factors or at least not major factors. China is entirely comfortable playing a long game they take a long view with nearly everything they do. It is at least plausible that they want to be able to influence a major voting bloc and they're fine if they have to start with kids and wait for them to grown to voters.
Consider how small the effort was in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. How little effort Russia, allegedly, had to put into whatever happened the outsized effect. Even if that didn't change any specific election, and that's debatable, it's clear that a larger more organized effort could.
Why would any country allow any foreign actor have that kind of control over its voters?
- nickburns 2y agoWhy would any country allow any foreign actor have that kind of control over its voters? agreed, never mind maintain dubious access to their personal devices with which they carry them everywhere.
- AlexandrB 2y agoI agree. Meta, Twitter, and Google should not be allowed to operate outside of the United States.
- nickburns 2y agowouldn't affect me whether or not they operated at all, but those legal persons do have rights in this country. i couldn't say for anywhere else (nor would that affect me either).
- sqeaky 2y agoEach country needs to weigh the risks of letting a foreign power like those companies control so much of their information access, against the benefit of the services they provide. Of course the United States wants United States companies in every country so the US government isn't going to pass a law prohibiting this out of some odd sense of propriety or altruism. And some countries are likely going to decide wrong in both directions.