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    1. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 15 Feb 2017

      I think tech to deal with fake news will emerge in coming years, like effective filters emerged to cope with spam ten years ago. #Bayesian

      3 replies 5 retweets 12 likes
    2. Gary King‏Verified account @kinggary 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @NAChristakis

      I'll create the classifier for you, if you can come up with a definition of fake news everyone would agree with!

      4 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
    3. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @kinggary

      We have some ideas. But they don't rely on content (except for fake news sites). My suspicion is that combination methods needed

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    4. Brendan Nyhan‏Verified account @BrendanNyhan 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @NAChristakis @kinggary

      not clear prob 2b solved by consumer tech. everyone think others are ones who read fake news. FB/Google can do more.

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    5. Gary King‏Verified account @kinggary 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @BrendanNyhan @NAChristakis

      what would you want fb/google to do? Self-appointed journalistic fact checkers don't even agree with each other.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @kinggary @BrendanNyhan @NAChristakis

      They can demonetize the spam-like version of it, which is quite common, to begin with.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @kinggary and

      They can use the "related" and "trending" parts to balance out with more credible sources.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Feb 2017
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      They can use metadata to ferret out less credible sources (like they do with spam) and dampen.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @kinggary and

      They can tweak algorithms (Youtube, too) to lessen the echo chamber effect—quite strong at the moment.

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @kinggary and

      Right now, if you watch something on Youtube, you get suggested a "harder" core version, for example.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 15 Feb 2017
      Replying to @zeynep @kinggary and

      There is certainly a complex ecology of misinformation but platform policies are part of the fuel.

      7:20 PM - 15 Feb 2017
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        2. David Lazer‏Verified account @davidlazer 15 Feb 2017
          Replying to @zeynep @kinggary and

          +1 on these last points. Gen'ly there is likely sig & avoidable platform algor amplification.

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        3. David Lazer‏Verified account @davidlazer 15 Feb 2017
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          & impossibility of 100% human agreement does not obviate ethical weight on platforms, nor...

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          Incentivize enthusiastic volunteer 'adult ed' civics/crit sk rehab social 'fad'. @BarackObama @zeynep @kinggary @BrendanNyhan @NAChristakis

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          If I had the means, I'd do a NP start-up forum to push it out native & migrating @BarackObama @zeynep @kinggary @BrendanNyhan @NAChristakis

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