All true. It’s not free of government involvement however... Notable is the mention of TikTok, which supplies CCP-curated content that differs by country.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-uni...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tiktok-in-china-versus-the-uni...
I guess CCP involvment is guaranteed in some form, but I would expect rather light touch and strong monitoring. To spot dissent early and weed it out in the roots. And to have something for blackmails on everybody in future.
This is true, and even more fine grained. All content driven industries optimize their delivery to target audiences.
It's a bit weird to find myself in a position of defending a social media app. There are a lot of people in the US who have a reason to be upset with its existence. I think it played a key role in the last election, because that's where Gen-Z spends their time. Similarly the execs at Google and Facebook have a reason to want it gone, but you don't see them publicly lamenting how they don't make as much ad revenue as they used to. The negative comments here on HN at least are always some version of "national security" and "think of the children".