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The platform itself does a wonderful job of promoting outrageous/divisive content since this yields much more "engagement" (which is how they make money) than feel-good, innocent content.

This disgusting business model itself is the problem, not some malicious foreign actors (though they no doubt can take advantage of the free exposure the platform will give them if their content "engages" enough people).




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