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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 25 May 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted New York Daily News

      People complain about the social media “mob” (and there are issues) but the core problem here is that even after such videos, people like her aren’t ever prosecuted. It’s clearly a false and malicious report, a crime, and it seems like she’s trying to get him “killed-by-cop.”https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1265090833138810881 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      New York Daily NewsVerified account @NYDailyNews
      "I’m going to tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life." A woman called the cops on man in Central Park after he asked her to leash her dog. https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-viral-video-central-park-20200526-o7djnjr3fjcsfl2augko6mv7oi-story.html …
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Melody Cooper

      Here’s the video. How is this not a crime? She’s faking to the police that she’s in danger from a black man who’s clearly trying to avoid her. Also choking the dog! Prosecute these cases—it’s already a crime—and then let’s worry about the online reaction.https://twitter.com/melodymcooper/status/1264965252866641920 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      Melody Cooper @melodyMcooper
      Oh, when Karens take a walk with their dogs off leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash. pic.twitter.com/3YnzuATsDm
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      7:49 PM - 25 May 2020
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      • Ammar Ascense 🇪🇺 Theo Robert Haavie Zac Murray (((Dr. Buzzkill‘s masked and vaxxed))) AvaThorne, The Everdistant Utopia Eoin Doherty Peggy is boosted & wearing a mask
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted LeonardJamesAkaar 🧢

          I think there should be prosecutions. It’s a crime, and potentially a felony. I’m not suggesting we solve these things by appealing to these people’s employers. What if they don’t care? Also need due process.https://twitter.com/epi853973422267/status/1265113166612058112 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          LeonardJamesAkaar 🧢 @LJAkaar67
          Replying to @Robertwaldeck @zeynep
          And going after her job makes us all vulnerable to social media mobs for any reason, as corporations, their HR and CEOs are stupid and firing anyone for any reason is far easier than thinking. And now we've made sure she can't be hired again, we pay her food, housing, medical
          4 replies 16 retweets 203 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rob Waldeck

          That’s not what I’m saying. The way to make progress is for these crimes to be taken seriously and prosecuted. We get stuck on the online component when the bigger question is: why is there no legal accountability despite existing laws against fake reportshttps://twitter.com/robertwaldeck/status/1265112278938107907 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Rob Waldeck @Robertwaldeck
          Replying to @zeynep
          So the answer is to obviously sic millions of people on her. Because most certainly that will stop this. How about if so desired the victim asks the police to press charges. Does the victim want that here? Should that not be his choice?
          5 replies 30 retweets 251 likes
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          I want the people whose job it is to investigate and prosecute such acts to do their job. With due process! Anyone bothered by the online reaction should asking why such acts are never prosecuted. (Erik Garner was only selling loose cigarettes ). https://twitter.com/pinkerite1/status/1265116004419547137 …

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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Benjamin Paisano

          Yeah it is swatting-adjacsent. Needs to be taken seriously. And for people saying what about before? Fine. That’s why an investigation is good.https://twitter.com/octarinedragoon/status/1265115136286744578 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Benjamin Paisano @OctarineDragoon
          Replying to @zeynep
          Its a somehow more malicious version of swatting, and so far as i know that and filing false police reports are definitely things that have been prosecuted before
          5 replies 10 retweets 132 likes
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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted

          News report says police came. For the rest? Let them investigate. The guy clearly looks like he’s trying to stay away from her. And she’s faking being in danger. But fine, let them investigate. https://twitter.com/lirrtraveller/status/1265119771764363269 …

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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mx. nova

          Also I mispelled adjacent! But yeah.https://twitter.com/0xngigi/status/1265119741716205568 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Mx. nova @0xNah
          Replying to @zeynep
          I had not considered this to swatting-adjacent! omg
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 May 2020

          Why only focus on the online part? Police came looking for "possible assault" because she faked being in danger—a black man suspected of *assault* with binoculars in his hand is a moment away from becoming a hashtag. This is swatting-adjacent. Swatters have had 20 year sentences.pic.twitter.com/2wi8LLBkSA

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        1. iandanforth‏ @iandanforth 25 May 2020
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          Holy shit that poor dog. @nyc311 Please look into this abuse.

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        1. Judith Donath‏ @judithd 25 May 2020
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          The rescue has taken the dog back.

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        1. Adulthood4Beginners‏ @starter_grownup 25 May 2020
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          Also, in a city that’s been hit hardest/longest by this pandemic, someone thinks *THIS* interaction is a valid reason to call 911?!? Because *you* have the audacity to skirt the rules and not put your dog on a leash, and then that’s how you handle it?! That poor pup.

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