Rumor-fueled vigilantism has long been common throughout the world. What's missing from this story is a real attempt to compare its extent before & after Facebook was introduced in each of these countries. https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/987711315002253313 …
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Replying to @notjessewalker @deaneckles
Pretty sure making things worse in almost all instances by overwhelming the resource-constrained counter-institutions with speed & spread, combined with Facebook’s utter reckless & under-staffed approach. There could be alternative universes where things aren’t set up like this.
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(Counter-institutions when they exist. Facebook tests for low bandwidth users when the real question is the impact of its rapid diffusion in low-institution settings. )
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Replying to @zeynep @notjessewalker
This story makes broad claims the algorithmic feed, but then multiple examples have diffusion on WhatsApp, where that doesn't exist. Should citizens have private messaging?
@Max_Fisher &@amandataub seem sympathic to the govt wanting to block it.pic.twitter.com/gwNivsSvly
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Replying to @deaneckles @notjessewalker and
WhatsApp is a really thorny situation due to e2e where there still are tons of things Facebook can and should do. Different kinds of things. So far, it’s doing the opposite of what it can do on FB. Desperately hoping they try very hard at leas there.
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Replying to @zeynep @notjessewalker and
This article blurs the two together. Which is in some ways is useful since it highlights that authoritarian govts and "do something" voices won't be satisfied as long as WhatsApp remains.
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I think the odds are high that we will soon lose consumer e2e and there will be large number of deaths as the catalyst. But it’s just not true that e2e ties all avenues of intervention. I do what I can, not sure the company has yet understood how it will go down in history.
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