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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 26 May 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Deepa Seetharaman

      Facebook's own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools" and that “our recommendation systems grow the problem.” Facebook VP for policy Joel Kaplan (known for throwing a party for Kavanaugh after confirmation) nixed any action.https://twitter.com/dseetharaman/status/1265312209602674688 …

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      Deepa SeetharamanVerified account @dseetharaman
      New from @JeffHorwitz & me: Facebook spent years studying the its role in polarization, according to sources and internal documents. One internal slide laid out the issue like so. ”Our algorithms exploit the human brain's attraction to divisiveness.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1 …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 May 2020

      "Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness". Please note that independent researchers have been pointing out this for years, but of course only Facebook has the data and the tools internally to have actually study this. Independent researchers don't.pic.twitter.com/66LRDWJ2Ae

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 28 May 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nina Jankowicz

      Follow-up. Researcher joins an "alternate health" group of 70k members and Facebook's algorithm quickly recommends that she join a white supremacist group, or Qanon (the ones that show up with guns to pizza parlors fans, or an anti-vax/"plandemic" group.https://twitter.com/wiczipedia/status/1265629272988954625 …

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      Nina JankowiczVerified account @wiczipedia
      In case you are still doubting how Facebook Groups suggestions work, a quick case study: 1. Search for "alternative health." Choose a group with over 70k members. pic.twitter.com/GPRGhdEphn
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      5:34 AM - 28 May 2020
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        1.  🌻 Bad dogma, bad!‏ @apodoxus 28 May 2020
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          Look, it get's even better: https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-knows-it-encourages-division-top-executives-nixed-solutions-11590507499 …

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        1. whammerkid ✊ ✊🏻 ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾 ✊🏿 🇺🇸‏ @whammerkid 28 May 2020
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          🤦🏼‍♂️

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        1. David James‏ @HexagonHeptagon 16 Jul 2020
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          Wow, I just realized something: one reason I've tended to discount stories like this is due to my snobbery! I would never even CONSIDER a site's recs, so I've trained myself to entirely ignore fb's suggested groups. Must have led to my discounting folks who operate differently.

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        1. Michael Kunz‏ @Michael_Kunz 6 Aug 2020
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          @threadreaderapp please unroll

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        2. Just Add Zombies‏ @pjtaylorphoto 8 Oct 2020
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          @threadreaderapp unroll

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          Sorry this content is not available on Thread Reader 😕 It has been removed by the author. 🤖

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        1. JimiJames‏ @shizzster 8 Oct 2020
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