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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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,
"Journalism, too, has grave failings." YES. Fake news still matters. Don't conflate criticizing modern with not vaccinating kids. Similar.
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.
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.
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.
So, Facebook *finally* mulling few changes to dampen fraudulent info. After facilitating drowning people in misinfo before the election. Seepic.twitter.com/mYbLw9MzXZ
Great @jwherrman piece, beyond the lowest hanging fruit of fake news. What does Facebook facilitate as an ecology? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/business/media/exposing-fake-news-eroding-trust-in-real-reporting.html …pic.twitter.com/kZzIR944Ma
Myanmar went from dictatorship to smartphones— where Facebook means the internet. Then, incitement went viral. Read: https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/fake-news-spreads-trump-around-the-world …pic.twitter.com/0Uc1fJswhU
zeynep tufekci Retweeted profdeibert
How one fase claim spread. Not the only path. Need focus on the ecology, structural incentives & politics of this.https://twitter.com/rondeibert/status/800423986245042176 …
zeynep tufekci added,
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brendan Nyhan
Why the ecology, tools, scale and politics of this matter, and need more combined analysis.https://twitter.com/brendannyhan/status/800387137308921856 …
zeynep tufekci added,
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Tom Fairless
Most of this money is going to Facebook, then Google. "Ignore Facebook" is not on option.https://twitter.com/tomfairless/status/800687702106636288 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Ad money—which used to support traditional journalism, YES with all its faults—now supports this, via Facebook. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-the-new-yellow-journalists-opportunity-comes-in-clicks-and-bucks/2016/11/20/d58d036c-adbf-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html …pic.twitter.com/PJKSRQCrAQ
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