The United States has been geopolitically blessed. No country has seriously threatened the American heartland since 1812.
Bringing up foreign interference (in elections, Covid-denial and elsewhere) upsets certain factions, but the fact is that Facebook, Twitter, various commenting platforms and YouTube have allowed the enemies of the United States a direct route into the heartland of the US. Coupled with free speech absolutism and low touch regulation, it makes a tempting vector to disrupt a previously impregnable foe.
If I were a strategist for a rival power, it would be almost criminally negligent to not exploit this conduit into the American heartland, and spread disinformation and generally sow chaos.
It looks like the geek gods have finally realized this and are pushing back. It wouldn’t surprise me if US companies started severely curtailing anonymous/unverified speech for foreign accounts at least.
Bringing up foreign interference (in elections, Covid-denial and elsewhere) upsets certain factions, but the fact is that Facebook, Twitter, various commenting platforms and YouTube have allowed the enemies of the United States a direct route into the heartland of the US. Coupled with free speech absolutism and low touch regulation, it makes a tempting vector to disrupt a previously impregnable foe.
If I were a strategist for a rival power, it would be almost criminally negligent to not exploit this conduit into the American heartland, and spread disinformation and generally sow chaos.
It looks like the geek gods have finally realized this and are pushing back. It wouldn’t surprise me if US companies started severely curtailing anonymous/unverified speech for foreign accounts at least.