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Dr David Robert Grimes
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Cancer researcher, physicist, scoundrel. Author of #TheIrrationalApe / #GoodThinking. Science, Medicine, Foppish hair.

Dublin / Oxford
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    Dr David Robert Grimes‏Verified account @drg1985 10 Sep 2020

    Unbelievable - Mark Zuckerberg refuses to remove #vaccine disinformation, because he thinks we should find media that reflects our opinion. That's precisely the problem - we're entitled to our own opinion, not our own facts. @Facebook don't carehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/09/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-not-rightwing-echo-chamber …

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      2. Dr David Robert Grimes‏Verified account @drg1985 10 Sep 2020

        ... seriously, this is disingenuous. We as a species as not information-neutral - we are FAR more prone to believe repeated assertions (illusory truth effect), & more affected by emotive falsehood than mundane truth. Groups from anti-vaccine to #QANONS know this, so do @Facebook

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      3. Dr David Robert Grimes‏Verified account @drg1985 10 Sep 2020

        ..we also know exposure to anti-vaccine conspiracy theory makes parents vaccine hesitant (h/t @DrDanielJolley et al) AND Facebook a primary vector of this, which has been causing harm for years. @Facebook know this - they just see all engagement as profitable & don't give a damn

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      4. Dr David Robert Grimes‏Verified account @drg1985 10 Sep 2020

        None of this information is secret - not for nothing did I include 4+ chapters in #TheIrrationalApe on both how we're impacted by disinformation & how online falsehoods skew our perspective. Zuckerberg knows it too - he just wants to sell dereliction of responsibility as "choice"

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      1. Emma Jane Quinlan‏ @EmmaQuinlan 10 Sep 2020
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        Ughhhhhhhhh

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      1. Des Higgins Official‏ @HigginsDes 10 Sep 2020
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        Only answer is target advertisers and or stop using it. Neither work very fast and require something organised.

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      1. Mugnoz‏ @Mugnoz1 10 Sep 2020
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        It's not a political agenda, it's a business one. Attention means efficacy of behaviour prediction therefore value of advertising. If it generates attention they won't touch it, true or false, fact or not fact. Problem is with the incentive. Pretty scary.https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224?s=i&trkid=13747225&t=wha …

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      1. Carter Blunt‏ @ThatCarterBlunt 10 Sep 2020
        Replying to @drg1985 @Al_toMyFriends @Facebook

        They've realised that conflict is drama, drama is engagement, and engagement means advertising revenue. That's what they care about.

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      2. Rachel Alter, MPH‏ @RachelAlter007 10 Sep 2020
        Replying to @drg1985 @Facebook

        His wife is a pediatrician, which makes this all the more infuriating. No excuse for this amount of irresponsibility.

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      3. Suburban antifa mom #OpenBorders 🏳️‍🌈‏ @JenCages 10 Sep 2020
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        Greed

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      2. Medicine: Mix Vaccines For Better Outcomes  🦘 🏴‍☠️‏ @ruperthewison 10 Sep 2020
        Replying to @drg1985 @Facebook

        When the www started in the early 1990s it was hailed as a democratising medium. But 30 years on and it seems the complete opposite. A handful of large corporations is contolling information flow and shaping public opinion globally. Manufacturing Consent online.

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      3. Carl Spackler‏ @Stumpjumper88 10 Sep 2020
        Replying to @ruperthewison @drg1985 @Facebook

        So true..we were sold on this thought...the potential of it..the openness...the communication...the knowledge...a shared future and unity of sorts...what it devolved into is quite the opposite.

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