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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2018

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Craig Calhoun

    “... found that Facebook’s newsfeed played a central role in nearly every step from rumor to killing. Facebook officials, they say, ignored repeated warnings of the potential for violence, resisting pressure to hire moderators or establish emergency points of contact.”https://twitter.com/craigjcalhoun/status/987734528218152965 …

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    Craig Calhoun @craigjcalhoun
    Rumor and political manipulation are the matches, Facebook is extra wind to spread the flames. Where Countries Are Tinderboxes and Facebook Is a Match via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html …
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2018

        A large number of people have been desperately pleading with Facebook for many years to hire more informed staff for every global south country with a conflict potential. It just didn’t happen. Please don’t ever let them say they were blindsided. It’s such a long-standing issue.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Apr 2018

        zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jodi Kantor

        Don’t take “we were blindsided” as an answer. Many people & groups have been pleading with Facebook for years. It’s not that Facebook is 100% responsible for everything. It’s that they’ve been gravely negligent in what they *could* do. At least try.https://twitter.com/jodikantor/status/988024024805625856 …

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        Jodi KantorVerified account @jodikantor
        I would genuinely love to know what Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg feel when (if?) they read this damning story about Facebook. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/world/asia/facebook-sri-lanka-riots.html …
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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Apr 2018

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        None of this works in Sri Lanka or India or Myanmar or a large number of countries. It doesn't even work in the United States. What happens at a key player in the information ecology affects *everyone* regardless of what you personally do. https://twitter.com/WillardRe/status/988031403966296069 …

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      5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 22 Apr 2018

        It's not like Myanmar or Sri Lanka was a peaceful EU country and then *boom*. But it's still massively consequential to introduce a mass information conduit that operates the way Facebook does into a place with simmering ethnic tensions. This is playing out in multiple countries.

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      1. Rita J. King‏ @RitaJKing 21 Apr 2018
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        Does that count as "connecting people?"

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      1. louis renault‏ @spiritofrenault 21 Apr 2018
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        Ignorant. Chilling. Unacceptable. Has anyone victims / survivors / family tried litigation? @karaswisher @AriMelber @chrislhayes

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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Apr 2018

        Every age has its own medium, and it matters greatly. Facebook ups speed and spread. It’s like introducing phones to a letter-writing society. It just doesn’t function the same anymore even if you still have mail. Whatever is fast and wide transforms society—like radio did.

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      1. Wafa Hakim Orman‏ @wafa1024 21 Apr 2018
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        In India, it's complicated by the fact that many of these rumors are spread via WhatsApp, which keeps messages within private groups. How could those ever be policed?

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      1. Rene Trossman‏ @rtblues 21 Apr 2018
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        Anyone remember MySpace? Asking for a friend...

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