Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering and Ferguson

Xeni Jardin 10:35 am Thu Aug 14, 2014

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Zeynep Tufekci on Medium argues that the reason the world knows about Ferguson is because Twitter is such a powerful, unfiltered channel for real-time eyewitness reports.

Facebook isn't, and that sucks.

#Ferguson is a perfect example of why Net Neutrality and algorithmic filtering really, really matter.

Profile of a social media phenomenon. Minute by minute tweets about #Ferguson in the last 12 hours. pic.twitter.com/RnZ67BdxDl

— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) August 14, 2014

[photo: David Carson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff photog]

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