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Re:Announcement: RT and Sputnik Advertising by pjc50 on Thursday October 26, 2017 @11:16AM (#15559584)
One very rich individual, or one in charge of a major corporation's propaganda budget, can spend a huge amount of money to move an election.

e.g. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dark-money-funds-...

Re:Announcement: RT and Sputnik Advertising by zemo on Thursday October 26, 2017 @11:21AM (#15559650)
That's true regardless of whether or not Twitter exists.

It's still a false equivalence inasmuch as a rich American is spending money in a way to maintain the status quo; rich Americans like the Koch Brothers benefit from American hegemony. They spend their money to enrich themselves, but they still want the US to remain in power.

A rival government, however, does not want the US to remain in power. As an American company, Twitter benefits from American hegemony, and will act to protect it.