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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

    Facebook and Google have to either argue that their ~half trillion market caps are a con, or their power of influence is real—thus worrying.

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        And in both cases the real power of influence is not ads—and thus cannot be understood with old conceptual tools. It is rankings, feed etc.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        The news with artificial intelligence is not hype. Big data surveillance, machine learning and personal info flows is a historic inflection.

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        I have sympathy with how hard and complex the problems are. I don't have sympathy with years of dismissing even the most obvious concerns.

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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        Finally, Russia is a rounding error of the problems that stem from this combination. The same crisis exists if Russians did nothing.

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      6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        Its how our digital economy works: Giant gatekeepers made it cheap and easy to flood people with misinformation and more. That's the issue.

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      7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        Whatever Russia did matters but it's a tiny slice of what happened in 2016 in terms of misinformation, fake news, and deceptive propaganda.

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      8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted

        Yes. Past wasn't great. But we do have more defenses against old forms. New forms are more potent with no oversight. https://twitter.com/doki_pen/status/915546624910168066 …

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      9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        No need to mindlessly worship old information infrastructure—with all its own failings—to appreciate the current, potent & real threat.

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      10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted

        Yes. Ads are tip of the iceberg that we've hit, and we talk about them so much because it fits an old-world concept. https://twitter.com/HarleyComrie/status/915551650248507393 …

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      11. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Melissa Jo Peltier

        I oppose this 100%. False illusion of market power—that doesn't exist. May as well be conceived by Facebook PR dept.https://twitter.com/MelissaJPeltier/status/915562506076266496 …

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        Melissa Jo PeltierVerified account @MelissaJPeltier
        Replying to @antsybee @zeynep
        There are many planning to delete FB on Oct 19. If it’s tone done, it needs to be en masse. Could do Google & Twitter as well. Preparing to delete my gmail, @google.
        8 replies 55 retweets 155 likes
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      12. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        There's no boycott power over these gatekeepers right now. Don't organize toothless boycotts—you would just be doing their PR work for them.

        2 replies 41 retweets 137 likes
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      13. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Carl Quintanilla

        Great that nothing happened in the meantime—like a crucial election! Besides, noone had been warning them for years!https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/915570445746868224 …

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        Carl QuintanillaVerified account @carlquintanilla
        Facebook’s full-page ad on election interference — ahead of Warner/Burr’s Senats Intel press conference today $FB pic.twitter.com/sITi03zqLB
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      14. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        If Facebook and Google are this unresponsive in the US—sloowly moving after months of scandal & years of warnings—imagine rest of the world.

        3 replies 58 retweets 149 likes
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      15. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Melissa Jo Peltier

        Boycotts are powerful IF unified, directed political action against entity subject to market power. This isn't that.https://twitter.com/MelissaJPeltier/status/915565947850825729 …

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        Melissa Jo PeltierVerified account @MelissaJPeltier
        Replying to @zeynep
        So are you saying there’s no effective way to protest them? Just keep on liking baby pics while they put the final fork in fact-based living & possibly in democracy?
        1 reply 31 retweets 88 likes
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      16. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        A Google or FB boycott now is toothless & counterproductive *because* they're gatekeepers not subject to market discipline. Wrong diagnosis.

        3 replies 44 retweets 130 likes
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      17. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted

        This is a good question—a crucial one. No simple answer, but the answer is everything. Pressure, politics, tech... https://twitter.com/realhumanbeing/status/915579540587630593 …

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      18. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        Arguably, biggest 2016 Russia thing was DNC & Podesta hacks. Media & journalists 100% rolled over for that— also fed social media virality.

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      19. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        Many journalists rightfully beat up on Facebook & Google for 2016—but have shown less remorse & understanding of THEIR catastrophic failure.

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      20. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brandon Wall

        YouTube is the most overlooked story of 2016. It's search and recommender algorithms are misinformation engines.https://twitter.com/Walldo/status/915422157433298945 …

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        Brandon WallVerified account @Walldo
        As a reader just pointed out, it's been two days and the third YouTube result for "las vegas shooting" is a false flag video with a million+ views. pic.twitter.com/26cFmHIC0T
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      21. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Albert Pinto

        Exactly my result, too. I get this is what some search for, but it is also Google minting money from misinformation.https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/915633378048790528 …

        zeynep tufekci added,

        Albert Pinto @70sBachchan
        Replying to @zeynep
        Look at results that YouTube's search algorithm spits out for "Global warming is". Denials & hoaxes will get them clicks but planet burns pic.twitter.com/LI1Jy9kY2J
        6 replies 53 retweets 83 likes
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      22. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Oct 2017

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Marcus Baram

        They are going to cure mortality etc. but this stuff? Too hard.https://twitter.com/mbaram/status/915610236165214208 …

        zeynep tufekci added,

        Marcus BaramVerified account @mbaram
        Replying to @zeynep @KatCapps
        Check out the comment we got from YouTube. They don't seem too bothered: https://www.fastcompany.com/40476563/youtubes-top-search-results-for-las-vegas-are-already-littered-with-conspiracy-theories …
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