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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Oct 2018

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Access Now

    By this standard, if authoritarians start using “fabricated” to slander opponent claims, we should drop the term. 🙄 If they accuse dissidents of “lies”, we should stop talking about their lies. This strategy of constant retreat will just end up with self-censorship, and no gain.https://twitter.com/accessnow/status/1049995044860690432 …

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    Access NowVerified account @accessnow
    Use of the term "fake news" has consequences for freedom of expression. It is easily deployed by governments to censor legitimate speech. In #Egypt, Amal Fathy posted a video about sexual harassment & got jail time for spreading false information. http://nymag.com/developing/2018/10/egypt-fake-news-laws-amal-fathy-mona-el-mazbouh-facebook.html …
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Oct 2018

        If people can’t keep terms from being misused, that’s a function of power and effective opposition. Abandoning terms and concepts is just a sign of weakness. On what planet do people think if we stop using the term, somehow, it ends up with less censorship by authoritarians?

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Oct 2018

        Politics isn’t an essay contest graded by some external teacher. It’s about power and legitimacy, and fighting for those. Do people think there’s a concept that will magically be immune to misuse by authoritarians? Why bother, let’s all go home, preemptively cede all ground.

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      1. Alteres‏ @Alteres4 10 Oct 2018
        Replying to @zeynep @GreatDismal

        There is no clear line and no authority to legiferate on this apart from the government. Except the government itself (and political forces as well) are the very subjects of this meta-paradox. We need an authority above questioning to solve this. But there isn't any.

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      1. Chris LItes‏ @NakedSasquatch 10 Oct 2018
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        The left must stop playing nice. Firebomb Dresden.

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