Our politics is already corrupted by money and now, thanks to tech platforms, visibly corrupted parts are becoming.. secretly corrupted.
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When I called for disclosure of political ads on FB in 2012, many Dems (who benefited then) thought I was a curmudgeon or a partisan. Nope.
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Many Dems argued with me that data and data science would always be on their side... I said this will go to the highest bidder. Always does.
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It's like the automotive before seat belts & emission controls. Regulation, disclosure & oversight will be good for the world and industry.
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For the those interested in long-form, here is a peer-reviewed article (open access) of mine on all this from 2014. http://firstmonday.org/article/view/4901/4097 …pic.twitter.com/ja7aTdLQOt
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On Facebook, Russia targeted Americans interested in "black issues"—to demobilize black voters or stoke white supremacists? Disclosure time.pic.twitter.com/KeQsDjZ2gc
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Facebook's own study had found that a minor tweak in a SINGLE message turned out 340,000 more voters. 2016 election was decided by 100,000.pic.twitter.com/csWdU7etlf
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Imma leave this from an old thread. Been writing about this for years. Nothing surprising here. All predictable, inevitable. Time to act.pic.twitter.com/RVxxqfRDC8
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Here's a good thread. This is what happens when you build an ad-infrastructure and turn it over to politics naively. https://twitter.com/David_Ingram/status/905839178814033920 …
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How come it takes a year to discover this?
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Certainly would help if our lawmakers in power would take this on as an issue. Give it the validity it deserves.
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