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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 16 May 2016
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      Also. Thank you, whoever you are.pic.twitter.com/zZXpQVpFsS

      1 reply 16 retweets 53 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      Last thing that needs to be taboo inside Facebook: the question of bias BUT IN THE NEWSFEED. https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/failure-to-accurately-represent-trending-caused-facebook-unn …pic.twitter.com/xdPJ3npGdt

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      I also still fail to see why a bit of vetting in the trending topics box is wrong on principle. What's wrong with verifying news is news?

      1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      To show Facebook is "neutral", Zuckerberg will meet with Glenn Beck. Will they discuss Beck's anti-vax theories that do so well on Facebook?

      3 replies 11 retweets 11 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      Facebook falls into "on-the-one-hand, one-the-other-hand" trap—so destructive for old media—and makes its algorithmic biases "taboo".🙄 #sigh

      2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      Well. If I'm reading this right, Facebook is confirming the #icebucketchallenge drowned out #Ferguson on Aug 2014.pic.twitter.com/nQOLDQ8odG

      3 replies 18 retweets 30 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      Black line fits magnitude & flow of ALS ice bucket challenge, green line #Ferguson. How this interacts with the algorithm is the question.

      1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Deen Freelon

      Algorithms optimized for virality on ad-financed platforms as rulers of the public sphere is where we are headed.https://twitter.com/dfreelon/status/732575916023390208 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Deen FreelonVerified account @dfreelon
      Again underscoring the importance of Twitter for anti-brutality activism. See our report: http://cmsimpact.org/blmreport  https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/732571071518494720 …
      2 replies 8 retweets 8 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      Another former Facebook trending curator. Sounds like Facebook should hire more & do more. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/17/facebook-trending-news-team-curators-toxic-work-environment …pic.twitter.com/wD0rYiZNyK

      1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 May 2016
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      The most dangerous idea. Facebook's algorithm *is* playing politics but—not in old ways. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/facebook-conservatives-zuckerberg-bias-223244 …pic.twitter.com/qZvkoEyVeK

      2 replies 6 retweets 17 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016

      Facebook's algorithm is political but not the way conservatives claim or Facebook defends it. My latest for the NYT.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …

      4:31 AM - 19 May 2016
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        2. Sean J. Taylor‏ @seanjtaylor 19 May 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          nice article! I think you may underrate how much effort goes to understanding algorithms at FB. For example: https://backchannel.com/revealed-facebooks-project-to-find-out-what-people-really-want-in-their-news-feed-799dbfb2e8b1#.oq9pc0cpf …

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
          Replying to @seanjtaylor

          I'm sure. I'd like more. It's a hard problem. I'm not glib about it. I would, however, like the neutrality talk to go away. :-D

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        1. David States‏ @statesdj 19 May 2016
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          @brianstelter Facebook's algorithms are biased to keep you watching ads Facebook. Conservative echo chambers look like a great opp

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        1. Denzil Correa‏ @denzil_correa 19 May 2016
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          ' @zeynep In India, there was a ban on porn sites. It trended on Twitter but not on Facebook. Why? Comments etc. would pop up in news feed!

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          Algorithms are biased because that's in their nature. Problem isn't secret biases of coders. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/pzEcn5IzKZ

          6 replies 41 retweets 48 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
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          My oped on algorithmic spirals of silence & biases. Neither Facebook nor Google is neutral. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/aa2sulyoTW

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        2. Joseph Kohlmann (he/him) is forming a union!‏ @jkohlmann 19 May 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          @buzz "It's not our fault!" Algorithms are stoic, natural forces not at all made by humans, right? https://socialmediacollective.org/2015/05/07/the-facebook-its-not-our-fault-study/ …

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        3. Joseph Kohlmann (he/him) is forming a union!‏ @jkohlmann 19 May 2016
          Replying to @jkohlmann @zeynep @buzz

          Also, that FB quote in Zeynep's article, "surfaced by an algorithm" = "the computer did it!!!"

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        2. Jennifer Cleary‏ @JenClearyatWork 19 May 2016
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          @nytimes The insights in this article go way beyond Facebook

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 May 2016
          Replying to @JenClearyatWork @nytimes

          thank you! I had meant to write broadly; Facebook is the most familiar example.

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