Thread by @daphnehk

Some of my favorite responses to the "Facebook Files" coverage, in no particular order. 1/

Hands down winner is @persily with not only a concrete proposal for better research transparency, but actual draft legislation to get it done. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/1…
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@Klonick brings calm and sanity, and rightly emphasizes the very serious issues the FB Files reveal for users outside major markets, who are getting a much less safe version of the product. nytimes.com/2021/10/01/opi…
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@Klonick God bless @kevinroose for looking at the FB Files like a businessperson. What he sees is a company that is struggling for audience and relevance. nytimes.com/2021/10/04/tec…
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@mmasnick's "banality of hubris" coverage probably has the best headline, its insights about FB execs buying into the myth of their own brilliance sounds right to me. techdirt.com/articles/20210…
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@mmasnick @mmasnick also takes some potshots at the WSJ reporting, which, I agree, spun things in the worst possible way at basically every opportunity. (Criticizing FB for being too motivated by PR crises, while creating a new PR crisis and public pressure for change, is my favorite.) 6/

I'm sure there's more, apologies to whomever I missed. I have actively tried to avoid reading about this, and look how much I read anyway. Maintaining intellectual discipline in the midst of a news firestorm is hard... 7/7