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Re:Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor by dx87 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:31AM (#23859323)
If it's anything like what Russia was doing on reddit in 2016, most of the activity is actually anti-Trump. They don't really care who wins, they just want the country to be divided and weak.
Re:Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor by nickthegreek on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:34AM (#23859355)
Yes, but it's video content, not text. So they would need to hire young pretty americans to produce and distribute political content. That is a much higher bar than a fake bot account reposting a link.
Re:Facebook readies global launch of its TikTok competitor by dx87 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:44AM (#23859469)
If they control the recommendation algorithm, they don't need to make their own posts, they can just recommend existing content that fits the message they want to promote.