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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 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
      Replying to @xuhulk
      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
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      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

      1 reply 6 retweets 21 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      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
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      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
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      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

      1 reply 15 retweets 34 likes
    6. 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
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2016
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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 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      John Whitehouse+Verified account @existentialfish
      for people who keep saying "but no one actually takes fake news seriously!" pic.twitter.com/X8JRRXrs4t
      4 replies 28 retweets 29 likes
    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      "Journalism, too, has grave failings." YES. Fake news still matters. Don't conflate criticizing modern with not vaccinating kids. Similar.

      2 replies 5 retweets 19 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      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.

      3 replies 15 retweets 46 likes
    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      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.

      1 reply 7 retweets 25 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2016

      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.

      5:01 PM - 18 Nov 2016
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        2. Brian Stelter‏Verified account @brianstelter 18 Nov 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          when?

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Nov 2016
          Replying to @brianstelter

          May/June.

          1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
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        1. pablo suárez-serrato‏ @pflama 18 Nov 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          that is one of the main issues, we don't have access to FB data, not even a sample as you know

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        2. Alastair Thompson‏ @althecat 18 Nov 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          it coincided with the dumping of human editors & with major alt-right website ratings going through the roof.pic.twitter.com/wET7iOxB9c

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        3. B-loved Dreamer‏ @maymaymeyer 18 Nov 2016
          Replying to @althecat @zeynep

          Also look at the way that Google changed the rules for Search Engine Optimisation & marketing forced to focus on content

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        1. NAB Smith-Harris‏ @nabsharris 18 Nov 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          I would like to see that since I think there is a broader attempt by Russia to create Right wing movements across Europe w/ fakenews

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        1. Matt Pfeffer‏ @mattpfeff 18 Nov 2016
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          Maybe that aligns with the timeframes described here--Trump getting to $70MM/mo in advertising, much on FB: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/inside-the-trump-bunker-with-12-days-to-go …

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        1. Pinboard‏ @Pinboard 19 Nov 2016
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          we need some kind of watchdog monitoring group. Hard to do with everything being hyper-targeted, though

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

          So, Facebook *finally* mulling few changes to dampen fraudulent info. After facilitating drowning people in misinfo before the election. Seepic.twitter.com/mYbLw9MzXZ

          5 replies 23 retweets 26 likes
        3. CatSharkSherpa‏ @CatSharkSherpa 19 Nov 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          Convenient timing...

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