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Europe's race to rearm is pointless if its adversaries are waging war online | Johnny Ryan (www.theguardian.com)

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Second, companies in this increasingly autocratic and hostile US control every major digital platform that Europeans use to debate and share news, with the exception of TikTok, which is Chinese. Even Europe’s news organisations rely on Google and other US advertising technology companies for online revenue. Trump can humiliate or cripple the oligarchs who control these companies.

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[–] eskimofry@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

maybe: The social media company pays the politicians or acquiesces to removal of critical posts?