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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Aug 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Max Fisher

    It can't be emphasized enough how terrible the tech companies are and how much in need of pushback from by government and civil society.https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/1160955826233913347 …

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    Max FisherVerified account @Max_Fisher
    This blew my mind: YouTube (and Google) divert users who search basic health terms to conspiracy videos that told them to fear vaccines & their doctors Experts and fomer govt officials told us that "Dr. YouTube" is driving MULTIPLE public health crises, including Zika resurgence
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    6:45 PM - 12 Aug 2019
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    • Devin Nunes' Lack of Commitment to Sparkle Motion Some people never learn...☮️ Erik Ruiz J_Lundhagen Brian Oakely Socialist "Insulin for All" Cowboy 🌹💉 Wilbur Michelle Booth CountElmdor
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      2. katherine glass‏ @katheri29710630 12 Aug 2019
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        @HeerJeet I really appreciate your work and what you help draw attention to!

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      1. ENDUT! HOCH HECH!‏ @ungoodtweets 12 Aug 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I get the motivation, but this seems like how you get stuff like the awful Facebook "fact checking" or Google deranking Alternet.

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      1. The Honorable‏ @bigtimewazever 12 Aug 2019
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        They bask in the profits and help solidify the stupidity of those who otherwise wouldn't bother educating themselves.

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      1. Tyler Paziuk  🚲 🥌 🌍 🌹‏ @typzk 12 Aug 2019
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        Nationalize social media and run as public utilities. Democratize the algorithm in the public interest. #socializesocialmedia #nationalizefacebook

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      1. Spiked Underbelly‏ @clevertrope 12 Aug 2019
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        But it’s just a mirrorrrrrrrrrr

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      1. Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert‏ @upine 12 Aug 2019
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        Yes. This is where tech & social media companies are leading us, unless we make a U turn soon. Welcome to Cyborgia: Resistance is Boringhttps://medium.com/@upine/welcome-to-cyborgia-resistance-is-boring-ef54e426dfd1 …

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      1. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝗛𝕖𝕝𝕝‏ @scentedmeat 13 Aug 2019
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        💯💯💯

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      1. LKNTN‏ @SK68TN 13 Aug 2019
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        Remember the good old days when Google actually searched the internet? Now it gives me curated results that are mainly what my government & corporations want me to see. Yeah, I know↘️pic.twitter.com/e6qeBvsWCK

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      2. mcc‏ @mcclure111 13 Aug 2019
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        It seems to me there *is* an effective pushback, right now, but it's coming from Trump and Ted Cruz and other people who want to lock in the bad things the tech companies are doing and create systems that are systematically advantageous to eg white supremacists the far right etc

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      3. mcc‏ @mcclure111 13 Aug 2019
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        They successfully got Facebook's editorially-curated news trends team fired and replaced with an algorithm that was friendlier to far right hoaxes. Now they're taking on the concept of content moderation. They are racking up successes in making the tech companies *worse*.

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