At #ASCmediarisk, @mariaressa explaining how in the Philippines, "Facebook is the Internet"—and how social media, and Facebook, was weaponized against journalism and dissent. This Bloomberg piece says Facebook offered "white-glove services" to Duterte.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-07/how-rodrigo-duterte-turned-facebook-into-a-weapon-with-a-little-help-from-facebook …
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This is also why "get off Facebook" by itself is no panacea. It's like saying the rich should put a bubble around their home and filter their own air, while the world remains badly polluted. The information commons is global, consequential and largely monopolized.
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@xor says people were using the securedrop interface to submit poetry to some highbrow magazines (not named to discourage the idea!)#ASCMediaRisk1 reply 3 retweets 20 likesShow this thread
At #ASCMediaRisk @jayrosen_nyu says there are scenarios where journalists can succeed in journalism and yet fail in distribution because of the way platforms now organize public attention.
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