Comment by fulafel

2 months ago

> the fact that such a tool is in a foreign country's arsenal is itself a massive danger to America's national security

This implies people outside the US should relate the same way to Meta, X, etc. (Which seems fine to me, just pointing it out)

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quanto  2 months ago

yes, and they do. Even the US allies in Europe don't completely trust the US with their citizens data, hence the on-shore data requirements. This is despite the US is footing the bill for Ukraine and, by extension, defending Europe right now.

  • herbst  2 months ago

    > This is despite the US is footing the bill for Ukraine and, by extension, defending Europe right now.

    Things like this is exactly why we don't trust US media and data management. This is only just enough close to the truth so it doesn't sound absolutely absurd but still is so far from it.

  • Etheryte  2 months ago

    European nations have provided more aid to Ukraine in total in both absolute and relative terms than the US. Hopefully the irony isn't lost on you when we're talking about controlling the narrative here.

    • mantas  2 months ago

      More aid in general - yes. But in the battlefield US was much bigger part. While non-lethal aid is important too, without lethal aid there may be no need for non-lethal support anymore.

      And even talking about lethal aid, some European countries loved to play the numbers (hi Estonia).

    • bdangubic  2 months ago

      this is what happens when people (in the USA) largely get their information from the TikTok :)

  • fulafel  2 months ago

    Facebook and X blocking mostly happens in authoritarian nations, most places are more hands-off so far.

    A lot of climate change inaction propaganda for example comes from these platforms and is aligned with the new US presidency and Musk agenda, which is a bigger national security threat than anything in China-US relations or the Ukraine events.

  • pastage  2 months ago

    I actually agree that EU should pay more for the war being waged against Europe. I think it would put more pressure on the US to continue being a relevant party in the world politics. Honestly the fight in Ukraine is more important than every war the US has been a part of. ONLY because it is a war, if it was diplomacy that is another thing.

    China, North Korea and Iran is supporting Russia in this, the US can choose what they want to do. Repeating 2014 seems like a bad idea.

  • blitzar  2 months ago

    Incredible real time demonstration of how the algorithms deployed by the US social media companies can destroy the brain of and otherwise inteligent person.