According to a study published on Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution, Russian state-affiliated accounts have increased their use of TikTok and are gaining more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the US presidential election. The report showed that Russia increasingly uses TikTok to spread messages from the Kremlin in English and Spanish, with state-affiliated accounts posting far more frequently on the platform than two years ago. These accounts are more active on Telegram and X, formerly Twitter, than on TikTok, and they are also active on other social media net…