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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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    1. 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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      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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        1. 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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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Oct 2018
          Replying to @HBWHBWHBW

          There is no concept that is immune to the authoritarian appropriation, and the only way to defend them is to actually defend them politically.

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        2. Dr N. Brodie נחמה‏Verified account @brodiegal 10 Oct 2018
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          i don't think that's a fair reading of how (current iteration of) 'fake news' went from US election glitch to rapidly being appropriated by states wanting to subvert it to clamp down on media freedom. this happened very fast, and we warned about this from day one.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Oct 2018
          Replying to @brodiegal

          Warning about it isn't the issue. This constant ceding ground is basically a symptom of how weak dissidents are against authoritarians, and how little most NGOs understand the politics of their own space.

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        1. Real AI‏ @Luiz0x29A 10 Oct 2018
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          the same that think removing master/slave term from python fix real slavery ?

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        2. graham starr‏Verified account @GrahamStarr 10 Oct 2018
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          Hi Zeynep, while the tweet is poorly phrased, that's not what the article says at all. It says clearly that state governments are "weaponizing legitimate concerns of misinformation toward speech it finds unfavorable to state leaders," though nothing of the use of the term itself.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Oct 2018
          Replying to @GrahamStarr

          I know, but first, it's a common refrain. Also a common problem: not paying attention to headlines/tweets. Most people only see tweet/headline. I don't know how a group in the "information wars/censorship" space cannot figure this out. (Not singling them out, it's so common).🤷‍♀️

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