Hence the TikTok grab. Its organic content and decentralized virality broke the control stack. Ellison’s opening move? Developing a version with a separate algorithm and data system managed by Oracle—targeted tuning becomes far easier.
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Copy of tweet here: NEW - Netanyahu mission-briefed American influencers today, stating TikTok is the "most important" weapon in securing Israel's right-wing support: "Weapons change over time... the most important ones are the social media," he said. "The most important purchase that is going on right now is TikTok... I hope it goes through because it can be consequential." Netanyahu also noted X is crucial, emphasizing Elon Musk is "not an enemy, he's a friend. We should talk to him."
@ggreenwald Across multiple vectors—content moderation, technical infrastructure, data analytics, operational support and political synchronization—a stakeholder-biased alignment-regime hardwires the stack to deliver preferred geopolitical outcomes, typically masked as neutral standards.
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Copy of tweet here: 17/ The paradigm drift? Editorial framing and feed control (broadcast and social media networks). Infrastructure ownership of data centers and cloud systems (Oracle, Google, Microsoft, Palantir). Political capture (Congress) translating "security narratives" into law and policy.