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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So, Facebook *finally* mulling few changes to dampen fraudulent info. After facilitating drowning people in misinfo before the election. Seepic.twitter.com/mYbLw9MzXZ
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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
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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I don't blame the students. If everything looks the same on UX—fake Denver Guardian or New York Times—this is hard. http://www.wsj.com/articles/most-students-dont-know-when-news-is-fake-stanford-study-finds-1479752576 …pic.twitter.com/nNyN65mYLN
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"It's not my department! It's just demand!" folks making money fanning these flames range from wealthiest to this. 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/3gO4MW6D78
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yelling fire in a crowded movie theatre watching Inferno
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