No it’s not *just* Facebook but digital connectivity and Facebook *are* part of this fuel. Repeats historic patterns. No surprise, sadly.
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I'd wondered in 2013 if Myanmar/Burma would be the first Facebook-fueled ethnic cleansing campaign. Here we are.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/359368606166958080 …
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People often ask how I "predict" such things. I'm a one woman operation; don't even have an assistant. And I'm not the only one predicting+
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..+such stuff (just more visible). I mean this: some domain knowledge + history makes much of this pretty clear. Astonishing FB is so blind.
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I’m not a Myanmar/Burma expert. If I was worried as early as 2013, Facebook should have had a giant emergency team. I would like more info.pic.twitter.com/dLNZshJ4aM
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This apparently led to only minor tweaks, because it was “too anecdotal”. So here we are.https://twitter.com/metaviv/status/923258160718024704 …
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Other academics need to stop fuelling myth of on/offline that never existed but esp now so ppl can UNDERSTAND how this bleeds into lives.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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If we can't trust our tech, we can't trust ourselves. And if we can't trust ourselves, we can't trust each other.
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