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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 29 Sep 2017

      NYT oped: Not only Facebook's CEO dismissive of real issues, he keeps getting played—albeit while minting money. 😱 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/Ti25RFUsoi

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 29 Sep 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Concerned about misinformation & fake news? Zuckerberg shrugs & says you are uncomfortable with disagreement. 😱https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/913410828824727552 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      1.If you don't like viral misinfo, fake news & Russian ads—you're just uncomfortable with "ideas". 2.This is what getting played looks like. pic.twitter.com/nrOLJ1krvG
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted nathanjurgenson

          Real story is that Facebook doesn't seem to understand—or want to understand—how US politics works.https://twitter.com/nathanjurgenson/status/913953705484939264 …

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          nathanjurgenson @nathanjurgenson
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Rachel Thomas

          There has to be much more than we're good people. We need different structures in our digital public sphere.https://twitter.com/math_rachel/status/914160734484836355 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Rachel Thomas @math_rachel
          "what matters is not the political beliefs of the employees but the structures, algorithms & incentives they set up" https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html?referer=https://t.co/17r9B6z0S5?amp=1 … pic.twitter.com/SQ1cKVFi7P
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Josh Constine  📶 🔥

          Yep. I mean, literally, duh. And especially duh since Facebook got played so badly and naïvely before the election.https://twitter.com/JoshConstine/status/914199959670542336 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Josh Constine  📶 🔥Verified account @JoshConstine
          .@zeynep came to the same conclusion as I did https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/27/the-trump-card/ … Trump is bullying Fb to be "neutral" https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html … as me
          5 replies 23 retweets 93 likes
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        5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2017

          My sense from the feedback after writing this oped: people are really sick of flimsy "both sides" fig leaf defenses. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html …pic.twitter.com/lgcpWHziqG

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        6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 30 Sep 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted steve crandall

          Yep. After the damage done by "both sides" approaches to climate science, you'd think people would be more careful.https://twitter.com/tingilinde/status/914293052101074945 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          steve crandall @tingilinde
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          I’ve been battered by that for over a decade trying to communicate global warming issues
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        7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Missy Rains

          The word was in the most shared article on Facebook last week—a Breitbart article. Breitbart does very well on FB.https://twitter.com/mrainie24/status/914516155590758400 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Missy Rains @mrainie24
          Replying to @podfish @zeynep
          Ahhhh. So that's where Trump got the "ingrates", for his latest series of tweets, from.
          4 replies 41 retweets 83 likes
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        8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 2 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ed Bott

          There's a line between Facebook and Google becoming the Ministry of Truth—and being badly gamed for misinformation.https://twitter.com/edbott/status/914837209886244864 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Ed BottVerified account @edbott
          Facebook has put The Gateway Pundit at the top of its feed today. Google News promoted a 4chan thread. Silicon Valley, we have a problem.
          0 replies 45 retweets 75 likes
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        1. Patrick Heemstra‏ @patrick23dingen 29 Sep 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          As long as they get money it will go on. When they risk losing money, they are acting like they change something.

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        2. aga bey‏ @agha_bey 29 Sep 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          Want action? Smash his pocketbook in the face. E.g: Class action lawsuit filed by those whose data he scraped to empower Putin's war.

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        3. Citizen Arcane ®‏ @Citizen_Arcane 29 Sep 2017
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          There is a better way: Creative Destruction That will obliterate his pocketbook. And thankfully end his presidential aspirations. 🤞

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