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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2019

    Thoughts with Sri Lanka. Non-Sri Lankan media: please be considerate of your reporting both of images of carnage, and handling manisfestos/etc. of killers. All social media companies need to have extra eyes on there, and urgently hire more native speakers and experts.

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2019

        People in Silicon Valley may have given little thought to Sri Lanka’s recent past and the civil war that ended recently into a fragile situation. There really is no room for complacency here. Myanmar is small compared to the terrible potential path here we’d all like to avoid.😢

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2019

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa

        Amplifying. Right now, both international media and tech companies are part of Sri Lanka’s information ecology. The stakes are high.https://twitter.com/sanjanah/status/1119965375980916737 …

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        Dr. Sanjana HattotuwaVerified account @sanjanah
        Replying to @zeynep
        Thanks Zeynep. Have been working on this, and saying this, since 2014. As have so many others from #srilanka. But perhaps it takes a tweet from your account for our work, output, experience, observations, research, insight & expertise to be channeled. One is grateful.
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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2019

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

        By the way, I’m finalizing these hires this week. Last call. These thorny issues is exactly what we will be working on.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1116427711881330689 …

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        zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
        Egad, I accidentally posted to the post-login job descriptions. Here they are again: two post-docs, hiring ASAP. https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/157796  and https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/157797 . One social science one ML/AI and/or encryption background. Please share with colleagues!
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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Apr 2019

        Umm, projecting our US-UK-EU specific Facebook worries onto Sri Lanka would be a major disservice to an actual country facing a deep challenge. Please don't. Sri Lanka has a deeply censored mass media and people rely on social media for information. World is complicated.

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      6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Apr 2019

        Big tech and international mass media is part of Sri Lanka's information ecology and that comes with responsibilities—pointing out the complexity doesn't absolve them. But it's just not a simple case of social media bad, rest okay. PLEASE RESPECT THE COMPLEXITY. Much is at stake.

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      7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 23 Apr 2019

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Megha Rajagopalan

        For example, read this thread. This isn’t time for knee-jerk “Facebook bad” analyses. Obviously, neither is it all great. The details matter greatly.https://twitter.com/meghara/status/1120312486341808128 …

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        Megha RajagopalanVerified account @meghara
        Seeing people in international media suggesting the Sri Lankan government was justified in blocking Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube & other platforms over misinformation fears. This is super problematic. And I say this as someone who's written a lot about misinfo on FB. Here's why.
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      2. Dr. Sanjana Hattotuwa‏Verified account @sanjanah 21 Apr 2019
        Replying to @zeynep

        Thanks Zeynep. Have been working on this, and saying this, since 2014. As have so many others from #srilanka. But perhaps it takes a tweet from your account for our work, output, experience, observations, research, insight & expertise to be channeled. One is grateful.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2019
        Replying to @sanjanah

        I know! I follow. Let me know what I can amplify. Long story, I’ve a lot of interest in the country and its information ecology. I normally don’t tweet about places where I don’t feel am the best voice. Just had to say all that given the unfortunate turn.

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      1. DanaBlankenhorn‏ @danablankenhorn 21 Apr 2019
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        What should media be doing and saying in a vacuum of government information? And how should the government be filling that vacuum? You can't say "do nothing," because you can't shut down what people think by shutting down social media.

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      2. Roy‏ @moheroy 21 Apr 2019
        Replying to @zeynep

        Sri Lanka media is filled with images of carnage on a regular basis, it clearly is part of Lanka’s (dysfunctional) political culture. Sensitivity is always good, but local media is no model.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2019
        Replying to @moheroy

        No good models is where we are, mostly.

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