People, put your best ideas here on how to mitigate the problem of misinformation on social media:https://twitter.com/elipariser/status/799311213096112128 …
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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 …
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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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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
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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
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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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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 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted John Whitehouse+
Of all the objections I heard to pointing out harms of fake news, "nobody believes it" is the weakest.https://twitter.com/existentialfish/status/799383789814292480 …
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"Journalism, too, has grave failings." YES. Fake news still matters. Don't conflate criticizing modern with not vaccinating kids. Similar.
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Hold on to institutions with an ethos of truth—in spite of their failings which we must work to fix—or watch nihilism consume them, and us.
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People who did not follow the fake news flood and spike as it happened are missing what happened, writing post-hoc just-so stories. Alas.
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I wish we had more systematic data. I've been following this stuff for a long time—there was a significant spike, change in tone and volume.
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