[pannSun]

We are discussing whether the event is notable, not if it is legal. And as someone not from the US, I care more about making people aware that Twitter collaborates with the US to help spread their govt. propaganda (in the same way I would want them to know if the doctor they're discussing smoking with is employed by the tobacco industry), than whether Twitter complies with laws written by that same government.

I.e. claiming no laws were violated (hypothetically) is as much a defense of Twitter as claiming TikTok hasn't broken Chinese law.

[beej71]

People should definitely know. For any government and public-facing system, that government will use that public-facing system to achieve its ends.

Sometimes this is asking that system to print a PSA. Sometimes this is asking that system to maintain propaganda accounts.

This definitely exists, and I'm not sure why people think it wouldn't.

We can complain, but the real remedy is to put laws in place if this is something we really care about.