I work for one in the intelligence agencies in one of the worlds larger superpowers.
As many of you are aware, youtube, facebook and google are using AI algorithms in an attempt to guide peoples thoughts to the correct answer. You may be aware of this because of the alt-right and other controversial material, however I can confirm that major state funded research into these algorithms actually started around the war in Ukraine in order to police public opinion of the Crimean conflict.
The best thing we as users can do now to protect our privacy is use multiple search engines, email providers and social media sites from different countries.
My country is looking for people to help create a video-sharing platform that works via bittorrent, like popcorn-time, so that users can share their videos online without fear of censorship.