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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 4 Sep 2019

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      Scary state of the "security advice" sector. This person who gets funding to provide security advice/training to activists has no idea about the *standard* police warning flag in Hong Kong and thinks it's a protester tactic. Such ignorance would be funny if it weren't dangerous. https://twitter.com/roryireland/status/1165270513792557063 …

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Yudhanjaya Wijeratne  🎭

      Yep. I normally try to be extra polite on Twitter, and I've had it with years and years of quietly trying to get the security advice gravy train people/sector to start being accountable. STOP. GIVING. ADVICE. WHEN. YOU. OBVIOUSLY. HAVE. NO. IDEA.https://twitter.com/yudhanjaya/status/1169304790574092289 …

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      Yudhanjaya Wijeratne  🎭 @yudhanjaya
      THIS. Lots of people, particularly Western journalists and 'security analysts', are building careers for themselves by going no further than reading a few random tweets. (This is also how we have 'Sri Lanka experts' in the Guardian). Talk with people on the ground or GTFO. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1169068359234646016 …
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

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      For example, people who've been at a tear-gassed protest anywhere—especially in Hong Kong: How many of these overly complicated hand signals do you think are in routine use and that they routinely use a signal for"run" which is almost identical to wrench? https://twitter.com/roryireland/status/1157309285988216832 …

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

      One problem with this is kind of copypasta expertise is that it leads to a kind of of fetishization. On the surface, it's flattering "oh, look at amazing tactics" but hides the very very real vulnerability that's obvious on the ground. Hong Kong's youth deserve better than this.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

      If you do not know about the police flag that's used in EVERY DARN PROTEST and think it's some sort of protester tactic to warn about tear gas, be quiet about Hong Kong tactics or security advice. There are many other ways to make money or get grants that doesn't endanger people.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

      I’m sorry about the fantasies, but the young people in Hong Kong are basically doing what young people around the world have done to demand freedom. They’re putting their bodies on the line. They’re getting their bones broken, their heads bashed in and their futures threatened.

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

      I have unfortunately observed this for years in the security-industrial complex It’s like a version of the geek disease. People think they’re smart and well-meaning therefore can comment about everything else. It’s just not true. And my years of quiet begging have gone nowhere.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

      I’m not talking about getting a few details wrong. We all get stuff wrong. I’m talking about the arrogance of commenting and even taking grants to provide advice on situations completely out of one’s area of expertise, knowledge, or fieldwork. First. Hire. Or. Listen. To. Locals.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Sep 2019

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      He still wants me to do his work. 🙄 Honestly, if it was fixable, I’d quietly offer corrections. It’s. Beyond. Fixing. Hire some Hong Kong based researchers and get out of the way. Preferably, get out of the business. There are other ways to make money. https://twitter.com/roryireland/status/1169332901697204225 …

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    10. Holly Kilroy‏ @hollykilroy 5 Sep 2019
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      Congratulations on reducing someone who has worked tirelessly their whole life in human rights to *one* hastily collated blog post, assuming that every problem with the 'industry' applies to them, and telling them to "get out of the business". Hope that was a good day's work.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Sep 2019
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      He popped in my mentions days ago. Not the other way around. I quietly replied only to him and said this is hopelessly wrong don’t do this. He asked me to fix it for him. I said, it’s not fixable please don’t do this. I got completely ignored. There’s more at stake than feelings.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Sep 2019
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          It’s been years of me watching this and hearing the horror stories—and begging people to stop assuming that self-perception of good intentions gives them a license to do this. If I am ever in such a position I hope somebody calls me out. There’s more at stake than feelings. /n

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        3. Holly Kilroy‏ @hollykilroy 5 Sep 2019
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          K sure

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