Life under pay-for-play ads and virality-fueling algorithms on platforms. Horrific anti-refugee sentiment in US has arisen based on lies.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/920638086740152320 …
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This isn't about "free speech" at all. No suggestion of jailing or even censoring hate-mongers. It's about money, attention & amplification.
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"Mass media also does it." Sure but that's public, counterable & much less effective. That's why all the ad money goes to Google & Facebook.
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Either Facebook & Google are giant cons at ~half-trillion market caps, or they effectively help hate-mongers victimize the most vulnerable.
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"What should be done?" Good question. I'll be first to say it's VERY thorny, but to get somewhere, let's first acknowledge all the obvious.
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Consequences for not dealing with this will be horrible. Or we can shrug and listen to Tom Lehrer. "Nazi schmazi..."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7me25aNtI …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Greg Walmart store 0069
I'd say Germany is familiar with consequences of new communication tech fueling hate-mongering & fascist propaganda.https://twitter.com/MestizoBobbyHil/status/921002809935396864 …
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Look, there's a reason scholars of history & communication tech are sounding loud alarms. They have been powerful reshapers of our world.
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Isn't there anything good about this tech? Of course there is. I wrote a whole book about some of it. Doesn't cancel out the grave danger.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Hill
This was a popular account. I watched as it spread enormous lies abut black people and refugees before the election.https://twitter.com/thehill/status/920842704753496065 …
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* I called for disclosure years ago. * Transparency helps—but it's not a solution. * They'll even fight disclosure?! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/facebook-google-russia-meddling-disclosure.html …pic.twitter.com/NYsWjk47Sa
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Ads are too small... They've never heard of hyperlinks? I bet "who paid for this?" can be made to fit.
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