A company based in the country of operation is incentivized for that country to be financially successful. A foreign government isn't, unless it's to their advantage. I'm not afraid of foreign interference, but I think there's aligned goals in supporting a company in your own country. I agree influence could happen both in and out of the countries, and all sides of the political spectrum
I've worked for major social media companies for a majority of my career and understand the impacts they can have, I can assure you my concerns are healthy
I dont know for fact, but I treat any political meme like it might. This combined with it not being relevant to the discussion would make me prefer to just not have them at all
I appreciate your comment though, it challenged assumptions without being egregious
I live under SFO and wrote an Alexa app where I can ask what plane that is, and it tells me the plane and where it came from