Thread by @thegreathackdoc

As we close this year and think about the decade ahead, nothing has impacted us more than technology. Arguably, social media platforms have become the central nervous system of our communication worldwide.

It’s so important that we understand how these platforms that were created to connect us are being weaponized against us. We need to understand how our data is being monetized, how micro-targeting for political ads works, who has our information and how they are using it.

We’re coming into 2020 with tons of new information to keep the conversation going. Thank you to everyone who has watched the film and created awareness in your communities.

Cheers to more digital literacy and more regulation of privacy in 2020! We’re in a war on truth and we won’t stop fighting for it. These platforms were created by humans and humans can fix them.

Here’s a deleted scene from the Netflix version, which was only seen at Sundance! Bring on 2020! All hands on deck for free and fair elections. w/ @profcarroll + @RaviNa1k which shows how we CAN create new language + context like "data crimes"

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k We wish we could afford to take out a full page ad in the NYT to thank everyone who helped us film and fund the open space of democracy in The Square and the weaponized space of democracy in THE GREAT HACK

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k but like politicians and advertisers who have defected from print and gone digital we can afford something more like a facebook AD. 
It has been quite a decade.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k New Year’ RESOLUTION Eyes wide open 
Happy New Year.  Thank you one and all for all of your incredible support.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k Special thank yous to @profcarroll & @carolecadwalla & #BrittanyKaiser for your support and leadership in the war on truth. You are forces to be reckoned with. You give us hope that we WILL fix this.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim Our appreciation to @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen for rallying alongside #TheGreatHack and shining a light in the digital darkness.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen It takes a village, a team, and a groundswell to make the invisible visible. We've had some of the bests! Thank you to #NinaFliakow #GeralynDreyfous #JudyKorin and our entire amazing team! @roastbeeftv

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv Thank you to those leading the way in historic seats of power & demanding free and fair elections, truth & transparency. @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins. You have helped make this film one of the most important of the decade.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins Thank you to our fearless directors @JehaneNoujaim + @Karim_Amer33 who have tirelessly worked to create this film and push the conversation around it, knowing that what is at stake in our society is much greater than the film, but that we needed the language to understand it.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins Thank you to our academics! Who have been writing books and blogs and articles, investigating and clarifying, trying to make sure we are in a world where we hold the power, where we can live our private lives and also be connected on platforms, where we are not pawns to #bigdata.

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins @HansObrist @shoshanazuboff Thank you to our friends, who have rallied behind the film, believed in the importance of it's message and raised their voices to amplify its cause! @iamwill @PattyArquette

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins @HansObrist @shoshanazuboff @iamwill @PattyArquette We have SO many people to thank because the community that stands with #TheGreatHack and demands truth on social media, believes we can get to a place where our connected platforms truly do bring us together is so large. Thank you!

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins @HansObrist @shoshanazuboff @iamwill @PattyArquette @andylassner @ComputerHistory @mermhart It seems fitting to end:

We will not give up in the fight for our data, our privacy & the truth. #Bigdata & those in #siliconvalley filling their pockets without having ethics at the forefront of our innovation will not win. #Mood for 2020: as relentless as @carolecadwalla

@profcarroll @RaviNa1k @carolecadwalla @paulhilder @Karim_Amer33 @JehaneNoujaim @liviafirth @Heidi_Cuda @EmmaLBriant @SachaBaronCohen @roastbeeftv @EmmanuelMacron @RepAdamSchiff @HillaryClinton @MarkWarner @DamianCollins @HansObrist @shoshanazuboff @iamwill @PattyArquette @andylassner @ComputerHistory @mermhart Watch #TheGreatHack.

We can't move into the next decade without this conversation: