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“The same tools that make Facebook so addictive for users and so effective for advertisers are dangerous in the hands of bad actors” --@MediaPost's @magnifymedia stopped by #FNHS18 to talk to @Moonalice about the role of automation in spreading fake news: https://t.co/BDcsZoIq0h
Thank you to @justinhendrix and @MelissaRyan for helping to put together #FNHS18. A lot of people came together to discuss and illustrate a really important topic and problem for our public discourse.
.@data4democracy Represents! Speaker Renée DiRista @noUpside, panelis Me & exhibitor Zach at day 2 of Fake News Horror Show @nycmedialab #FNHS #FNHS18
two years of my family telling my dad to stop posting so much on facebook to no avail.
he joined me at the Fake News Horror Show for ONE HOUR then turned to me and said '...I think I need to stop using Facebook so much.' 🎇#FNHS18
@selectedwisdom said, we choose to stay in the preference bubble by engaging in services social media provided. My immediate reaction when i saw the statistics was as if I'm not an active FB user. Better self-awareness allows us to evaluate where we stand in the problem. #FNHS18 https://t.co/qHpqUdd1qq
Users don't care, shareholders don't care, govt doesn't care. @Facebook experienced 49% GROWTH in the midst of #CambridgeAnalytica scandal. As an earlier panelist remarked, their approach is to move fast, break things, apologize, repeat. How to break the cycle? #FNHS18
The ladies of NYC Media Lab using advanced technology #FNHS18
These people on this panel are the smartest critical thinkers I’ve had the priveledge of hearing in ages. #FNHS18 #FNHS @MelissaRyan @MadihhaA @Moonalice @mediajustice @ggreeneva @GoAngelo
Love @mediajustice Erin's point about "messengers" and implicit bias; sometimes ppl are just going to be biased against "you", and will only listen to someone more like them, or adjacent to their person/belief system #FNHS18
More than 1/3 of people identifies w/ at least one issue that’s demonstrably not true. -@Moonalice #FNHS18
Wow. The problem [of the bubble] can be traced back 30 years, when "citizens" ceased to be that, and started being "consumers"
💥🙇♀️💥@Moonalice #FNHS18
#FNHS18 Now what? @MadihhaA @mediajustice @Moonalice @ggreeneva @MelissaRyan @GoAngelo take the stage to explore next steps for combatting the spread of disinformation across platforms
He later said off stage that he believes them to be something like (from memory):
- Oligarchy / Economic elites
- Liberal democracy / intellectual elites
- Alt right
- Hispanic people
...and I forget if there was another. Hasn't empirically proven.
@justinhendrix #FNHS18 https://t.co/onDVIl25mM
“The news can’t be fake, it’s got to be real.” - security guard in lobby at Fake News Horror Show, keeping us honest. #FNHS18
According to @selectedwisdom, Fact checking is not the solution to "fake news"; perhaps a rating system that identifies fact vs. fiction; opinion vs. news. IMHO, there's also a more sneaky actor: conflating real stories to make a biased narrative. #FNHS18
.@selectedwisdom predicts that in 2024 or 2028 someone is going to run for President on the platform of splitting the U.S. in two. Arizona pivotal territory here. #FNHS18 https://t.co/mVtBE2CcOI
Clint Watts at Fake News Horror Show #FNHS18
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