Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections

Headline doesn't match what's in the article

This year's report said: "TikTok accounts run by a [Chinese] propaganda arm reportedly targeted candidates from both political parties during the U.S. midterm election cycle in 2022."
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It warned that China's government may "attempt to influence the U.S. elections in 2024 at some level because of its desire to sideline critics of China and magnify U.S. societal divisions."

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Are you objecting the lack of the word "reportedly" in OPs headline because it seems accurate to me otherwise?
- The report says (I'm paraphrasing), "There have been claims China has used TikTok to influence elections. We conclude that's possible." It doesn't say they did do it, it says they could do it, but the headline says they did do it.
Thanks for pointing this out I still don't understand the hatred of China at every news Outlet
- China: does something fucky
  You: wHy Do pEoPlE hAtE cHiNa
- China's government certainly gives them a lot of objectively horrible things to talk about

Adversary countries are always looking for ways to de-stabilize the US

Allys too, we made zucc testify to congress before doing nothing about it.
US does it too, its a game all the major players play

What does China’s government even want the U.S. election result to be? Putin and Netanyahu obviously want Republicans to win. NATO countries (Hungary aside, I guess) presumably prefer Democrats over MAGA Republicans (which I guess is all of them now).

I’m not really clear on what China under Xi would want. There’s a massive trade relationship that goes well beyond TikTok, EVs, and Nvidia chips. America being dysfunctional and chaotic doesn’t actually benefit China.

America being dysfunctional and chaotic doesn’t actually benefit China.
It will when they take Taiwan in '25 or '26. Trump, being the idiot he is would probably let them take it as long as they send him some free gold shoes.
It's better to get the fascists well controlled before they do a genocide, so obviously Russia and China will support MAGAs, they don't want to fight fascism on another front than Ukraine.
I'm not saying Democrats are not fascists, what I'm saying it's they will go for the most "friendly" fascists for their interests.
Trump vows massive tariffs that could shrink US-China trade to practically nothing — and Biden has new restrictions ready to roll before election day. Either way they're screwed.