My 2014 paper on computational politics. Big data; targeting; modeling; persuasion; experimentation; platforms. http://firstmonday.org/article/view/4901/4097 …pic.twitter.com/5ndhPq9cSA
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Also, shorter form: many pre-election NYT opeds on the business model and algorithms of Silicon Valley and politics: https://www.nytimes.com/column/zeynep-tufekci …pic.twitter.com/YIsTStNXCL
I'm going on about it because "this was unforeseeable" opens way to denying responsibility & accountability. Broad outline was pretty clear.
2016 paper specifically focusing on giant platforms and machine learning, and what that means for the public sphere. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/DAED_a_00366 …pic.twitter.com/mHlgcEt5Ey
Yep. In this way, it really is like the 2008 crash.https://twitter.com/PaulGuinnessy/status/918841616005304325 …
Also, "nobody could've foreseen" ignores the many, many people from marginalized communities who've been *yelling*.https://twitter.com/sara_ann_marie/status/918842676526682112 …
Also, this is nonsense. I'm glad there is attention on the topic, but the amount of nonsense being produced is staggering.pic.twitter.com/vCxlFSQPT5
Yes. No need to excuse this.https://twitter.com/sara_ann_marie/status/918842676526682112 …
For ex, this is inexcusable and stems from FB business model. "We were blindsided" is an excuse that doesn't work.https://twitter.com/kashhill/status/918879436241485825 …
@FiveThirtyEight was beating the warning drum in the run up to the election
Prof Tufekci, I’m seeking speakers for an ABA program on Hacked Elections. You would be an ideal choice! Just sent email to your UNC address
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