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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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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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 @sanjanahReplying to @zeynepThanks 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.1 reply 34 retweets 89 likesShow this thread -
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 @zeynepEgad, 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!Show this thread2 replies 14 retweets 24 likesShow this thread -
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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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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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 @megharaSeeing 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.Show this thread0 replies 3 retweets 8 likesShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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