I've been writing why for years, op-eds, peer-reviewed papers, TED talks—what I can. A major historical inflection, and we're flying blind.
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Here's my "there is no easy way out of social media's disruption of the public sphere" bit from the latest TED talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads/ …pic.twitter.com/X0Io2ucX6G
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No need to idealize the past. No need to deny "these platforms do a lot of good" (yes). But we do need an adult, informed conversation. Now.
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None of the build up, but it only gets u so far.
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Hmm...I recall when I 'd suggested regulation of algorithms you did think that right, how to execise control w/o regs?
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RT today goes to public w/ its "promoted tweets" listhttps://twitter.com/RT_com/status/926000933745475585 …
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