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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 17 Nov 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      This is nice but people willing to scour long lists to weed out fraud aren't the likely target of fake news. https://twitter.com/roseveleth/status/799234840751177728 …

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      Read this. Buzfeed: fake news outperformed real news as election got nearer. Of top 20 fake stories: 17 pro-Trump. https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook …pic.twitter.com/jUT8IK3V1m

      1 reply 61 retweets 47 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      Note mismatch, too. Fake pro-Trump: "Clinton kills FBI agent" or "sells weapons to ISIS." Fake pro-Clinton: "Ireland accepting US refugees."pic.twitter.com/gR0pVTf4JS

      2 replies 21 retweets 35 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      WaPo interviews a fake news purveyor who is much more reflective than Mark Zuckerberg about his choices in life. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/ …pic.twitter.com/U9B7HN4T2L

      5 replies 194 retweets 159 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Clara Jeffery

      YES to more diversity but FB COO Sheryl Sandberg was likely in Clinton cabinet. It's messier: structural incentives.https://twitter.com/ClaraJeffery/status/799012534904758273 …

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      Clara JefferyVerified account @ClaraJeffery
      Replying to @ClaraJeffery
      Since Facebook and Twitter's engineering cohort are overwhelmingly white men is the outcome w/r/t politics a surprise?
      1 reply 2 retweets 14 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eli Pariser  🏞 📲

      People, put your best ideas here on how to mitigate the problem of misinformation on social media:https://twitter.com/elipariser/status/799311213096112128 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Eli Pariser  🏞 📲Verified account @elipariser
      If you were FB, how would you identify/reduce impact of false news? Ideas welcome here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPghC4ra6QLhaHhW8QvPJRMKGEXT7KaZtG_7s5-UQrw/edit …
      23 replies 58 retweets 69 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Chris Xu

      Good article. Misinformation functions often as a means of paralysis & inducing confusion, not to persuade.https://twitter.com/xuhulk/status/799239692151463936 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Chris Xu @xuhulk
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      Just wrote up the full story of what I found on Weibo on Mon., and what the US needs to understand about post-truth. https://medium.com/@xuhulk/watching-the-election-from-the-post-truth-future-97a0d66bdcfe#.c4td967ry …
      3 replies 20 retweets 32 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      BTW: My article from March on how social media strengthened Trump, by creating community and busting gatekeeping. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/opinion/campaign-stops/adventures-in-the-trump-twittersphere.html …pic.twitter.com/8UEGNm6uO0

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      My September article on how conspiracy theories & fake news feed on social dynamics + social media business models: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/opinion/campaign-stops/did-you-hear-the-latest-about-hillary.html …pic.twitter.com/iXac4wsXmG

      2 replies 24 retweets 28 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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      And me earlier on how mass hacks served to create confusion—with mass media collusion—to obscure crucial issues. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/opinion/what-were-missing-while-we-obsess-over-john-podestas-email.html …pic.twitter.com/ou71iGL8xl

      5 replies 52 retweets 76 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016

      Me in May on why the trending topics "controversy" was the wrong focus— and a call to focus on algorithm & misinfo. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/opinion/the-real-bias-built-in-at-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/fWH2izCmOI

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
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          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brian Stelter

          Obama on distinguishing facts and falsehoods on propaganda--says democracy cannot function if we give up on facts.https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/799351418574413824 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Brian StelterVerified account @brianstelter
          Obama: "If we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems." We have problems. http://cnn.it/2fACgSm 
          15 replies 103 retweets 168 likes
        3. Gemistos Plethon‏ @FreglisPlethon 17 Nov 2016
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          Huge issue. Even if you provide accurate numbers people are dismissive want to believe anything that fits their preconceived ideas

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