Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution.
The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to disseminate Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with state-linked accounts posting far more frequently on the platform than they did two years ago.
Such accounts are also active on other social media platforms and have a larger presence on Telegram and X than on TikTok. However, the report says user engagement — such as likes, views and shares — on their posts has been much higher on TikTok than on either Telegram or X.
Any opinion that says “Industries that could affect the public health shouldn’t be regulated” can in no possible way be considered either “objective” or “correct.”
You might like getting your two-bit shave and haircut from Greasy Bob at the truck-stop bathroom stall, but the rest of us would rather have the peace of mind knowing the people touching us know what hygienic means.
And before you “B-b-b-b-but free market!” these regulations exist because the free market was failing.