> When I think of Twitter and government influence, I think of the overwhelming pro-Washington bias.
And I think of AWS announcing a massive data loss, Kim-Jong Un tweeting "Nukes have been launched" and the US president tweeting about an impeding Yellowstone explosion. If you want to really f up the country in a big way, Twitter is a great way. With how much verification some journalists do, the news will have secondary 'sources' outside Twitter within minutes for free.
Even without going to such lengths, the activities and rough locations of US officials will already be massively valuable to any foreign power. Facebook had papers where they managed to guess an individuals health based on their typing patterns, just imagine what you could do with all of the Twitter analytics.
Trump's presidency should have made it very very clear that relying on a tweet for anything at all is a monumentally stupid idea, and the only reason someone isn't currently taking advantage of that reliance is that they don't think it's worth it to attack you in that way.
And I think of AWS announcing a massive data loss, Kim-Jong Un tweeting "Nukes have been launched" and the US president tweeting about an impeding Yellowstone explosion. If you want to really f up the country in a big way, Twitter is a great way. With how much verification some journalists do, the news will have secondary 'sources' outside Twitter within minutes for free.
Even without going to such lengths, the activities and rough locations of US officials will already be massively valuable to any foreign power. Facebook had papers where they managed to guess an individuals health based on their typing patterns, just imagine what you could do with all of the Twitter analytics.