#digiphile

Annual causes of death in US Heart disease: 635,260 Cancer: 598,038 Accidents: 161,374 Chronic lung diseases: 154,596 Stroke: 142,142 Alzheimer’s: 116,103 Diabetes: 80,058 Drug overdose: 72,306 Flu & pneumonia: 51,537 Kidney disease: 50,046 Suicide: 44,965https://t.co/5smfekhSVQ https://t.co/PfYknbwS2V

As more government services are digitized or born digital, the ethics embedded in the code has become a paramount concern https://t.co/Rd0wucimwU Algorithmic transparency & accountability & are no longer theoretical constructs but core to democratic outcomes in a networked world

Now, @Facebook has responded to the @Guardian story, stating that it has 35 partners in 24 countries & plans to expand to even more in 2019 & claimed that "we absolutely do not ask fact-checkers to prioritize debunking content about our advertisers." https://t.co/dNRS2HfPpF

This is a bracing, fascinating descent into the maelstrom of partisan misinformation online. Worth the read. My only qualm: a Facebook page is NOT a website, & neither the @washingtonpost journalist nor his editor should report it that way. https://t.co/XxQo3Lx3DI

Just as @TheJusticeDept took on @Microsoft in the 1990s, the USA can regulate @Facebook today. https://t.co/c03tc5Ukuc Neither is "too big."

.@POTUS @FBI The official @statedept transcript didn't include Lavrov asking "Was he fired?" https://t.co/DS8RgXzRvH "You are kidding." http://pic.twitter.com/gl5aQZ14P5

This @Facebook "information operations" report is a laudable effort to share what they learned & what they're doing. https://t.co/7g7dMaJajx http://pic.twitter.com/d9W8pirQ7Y

A wonderful, creative way to visualize @Twitter conversations. Today's reminder of what's possible when 3rd parties innovate with tweets. https://t.co/nw6PHSGCak