Max Fisher

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This problem is expected to get worse as FB continues expanding in developing countries. We talked to quite a few N… https://t.co/we7zkQbiL1 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

We also published, today, this short “Insider” piece describing a very strange meeting we had with a Buddhist monk,… https://t.co/X7RgWWCTgk — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I’ve been interested in this since India’s 2012 riots, sparked in part by fake news that spread via Facebook meme.… https://t.co/KcaJf5ZOFV — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Facebook presents itself as merely a platform, and maybe that was once true, but it’s hard to square that with what… https://t.co/t8nMhZGwOH — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

These dynamics will be familiar to any Facebook user. It’s designed to get into your brain to make you want to post… https://t.co/ugE1PKeif4 — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Facebook is game-ified — like a casino slot machine — to give you little dopamine hits. It trains you to post whate… https://t.co/xYWgZKsFcw — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Studies show that negative, primal emotions — anger, fear, and most of all our basic desire for us-versus-them trib… https://t.co/ZQqoz4aHva — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

This gives FB’s newsfeed enormous power to shape reality for its users, who might not have the safety net of a stro… https://t.co/oWkQlpiHGE — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Facebook IS the internet for people in a lot of these countries. It comes pre-loaded on phones, sometimes a special… https://t.co/bjFX4R5cAD — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

Developing countries — particularly in Asia and Latin America — represent Facebook’s financial future. FB, by arriv… https://t.co/4CqQ2HVOU4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Our story traces, step-by-step, how Facebook’s newsfeed played a role in nearly every stop from rumor to killing. W… https://t.co/Ttk7IMDDVk — PolitiTweet.org

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Then riots broke out in Sri Lanka, apparently due in part to Facebook-based misinfo and hate speech. We landed a fe… https://t.co/Lmzdl9G9jn — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

So, in down moments between stories, we looked for cases where Facebook could be linked to instances of violence —… https://t.co/VZBQAi6xKL — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

We’d been looking into this since last year. After reading studies on how Facebook amps up polarization and misinfo… https://t.co/P6ks4fRqdE — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

As promised, I wanted to briefly explain why I hope anyone who uses Facebook — in any country — will make time for… https://t.co/kZ20BqwV7E — PolitiTweet.org

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@TonyRomm Thanks Tony — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @petersgoodman: Facebook presents itself as an enabler of communities. In Sri Lanka (and many others places) it’s the delivery system fo… — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @CeylanWrites: I spent the afternoon sampling air from the most polluted cities in the world. Here's what I found... https://t.co/UZrFlP… — PolitiTweet.org

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@akd2003 @kcroninfurman Forcing students to learn your preferred cultural references seems like a major perk of the… https://t.co/IMVpflxQ8H — PolitiTweet.org

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@ivonotes Thanks Ivan! Come out and visit soon — PolitiTweet.org

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@akd2003 @kcroninfurman good to show the youths that you're "hip" to their cultural touchstones. we had a line in t… https://t.co/7MmWJwkyhX — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jodikantor: I would genuinely love to know what Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg feel when (if?) they read this damning story about… — PolitiTweet.org

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@akd2003 That's a great point. We did a bunch of Myanmar coverage this winter premised partly on those same Snyder… https://t.co/9FL8RD7DvP — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I will say more about this on Monday but please read our major new investigation on the spate of real-world communa… https://t.co/Iu4umDsPfa — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

RT @nktpnd: Above all, there is *nothing* here that suggests denuclearization will be on the table next week or at the summit with Trump. W… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @wellerstein: Going through my hard drive, I found some files of mine from 2007, when I made sprites and scenes for a Sierra Online-styl… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ishaantharoor You are the worst — PolitiTweet.org

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what the hell @panphil https://t.co/N2gJeRoPSv — PolitiTweet.org

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@aarondmiller2 “balls accurate”? — PolitiTweet.org

Max Fisher @Max_Fisher

I have to admit that it’s for me to imagine a regime as ruthlessly self-interested and security-focused as Kim Jong Un’s willingly surrendering a proven superpower-stopping nuclear deterrent? — PolitiTweet.org