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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted nick

      People warned FB about this for years. Dropping mass connectivity without oversight or civil institutions to volatile land can lead to this.https://twitter.com/juchemane/status/922931406296244226 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      nick @JucheMane
      congrats to @facebook for facilitating literal genocide pic.twitter.com/ZxHR6nyONN
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      No it’s not *just* Facebook but digital connectivity and Facebook *are* part of this fuel. Repeats historic patterns. No surprise, sadly.

      3 replies 30 retweets 116 likes
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      Absolutely. https://twitter.com/panchovera/status/923177521977454593 …

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      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 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Last year, I pondered the "first social-media fueled ethnic cleansing." With ethnic tensions & expanding online hate speech, is it Burma?
      2 replies 127 retweets 159 likes
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      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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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      ..+such stuff (just more visible). I mean this: some domain knowledge + history makes much of this pretty clear. Astonishing FB is so blind.

      6 replies 12 retweets 91 likes
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Oct 2017

      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

      9 replies 109 retweets 195 likes
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      People have been raising alarms for years. What do to is thorny—but this should have been all hands on deck at FB. https://twitter.com/losowsky/status/923417742681821185 …

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Oct 2017

      Point isn't Facebook could have single-handedly changed everything. But in ethnic cleansings, specifics of propaganda tools matter greatly.

      3 replies 3 retweets 26 likes
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Oct 2017

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted John Paton

      There are no good options here—including Facebook’s. It should’ve been treated as a an emergency with giant teams.https://twitter.com/jxpaton/status/923574152803602432 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      John Paton @jxpaton
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      @zeynep I respect your work but these tweets read as if you mean FB to be held responsible for what happened. Is that what you mean here?
      8:51 AM - 26 Oct 2017
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Patrick Heemstra

          Hmm. Fascist filmmakers invented much of the craft of filmmaking. Content and methods aren’t cleany separated there.https://twitter.com/patrick23dingen/status/923576331836837889 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Patrick Heemstra @patrick23dingen
          Replying to @zeynep
          Comparing it to the cinemas in early 20th century? They provided the space, the content makers provided the hate...
          4 replies 5 retweets 12 likes
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Oct 2017

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Richard Hornik

          Honestly, no easy answers to what could be done. Plea is for all this to be political & corporate highest priority.https://twitter.com/rhornik/status/923580308288569345 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Richard Hornik @RHornik
          Replying to @zeynep
          Buzzfeed had this story a year ago and Facebook still never acted. https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/fake-news-spreads-trump-around-the-world?utm_term=.aaJGvz7p1#.omaa0X7ry …
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Oct 2017

          We’re rapidly undergoing a huge historical transformation—need to develop cultural, political & institutional antibodies as fast as we can.

          2 replies 26 retweets 57 likes
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        2. Rich Felker‏ @RichFelker 26 Oct 2017
          Replying to @zeynep

          Anyone with a giant platform NEEDS a plan for this. A way to respond rapidly and decisively as soon as you're pulled into a genocide.

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        3. Rich Felker‏ @RichFelker 26 Oct 2017
          Replying to @RichFelker @zeynep

          Needs large human team, screened to exclude anyone with sympathies/biases towards group committing genocide or to falsely implicate others.

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