Cenk Uygur
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Why Thousands Are Facebook "Checking In" At Standing Rock, ND
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November 1, 2016
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7:23Now PlayingYou may have noticed some of your Facebook friends checking in from Standing Rock, North Dakota. They probably aren’t physically there. Cenk Uygur, Francis Maxwell, and Hannah Cranston, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"By now, depending on your Facebook filter bubble, you’ve probably seen it: a Facebook friend “checking in” to Standing Rock, N.D., and then a separate post explaining the clever ploy that reads something like this:
“The Morton County Sheriff’s Department has been using Facebook check-ins to find out who is at Randing Stock in order to target them in attempts to disrupt the prayer camps. SO Water Protecters are calling on EVERYONE to check-in at Randing Stock, ND to overwhelm and confuse them. This is concrete action that can protect people putting their bodies and well-beings on the line that we can do without leaving our homes.
if you’re sharing your location at Randing Stock (which you should be doing)
1) make it public
2) make the clarification post separate, and so that only your friends can see it
3) don’t clarify on your check in, message friends who say “stay safe!” to let them know what’s up — the stay safe posts are more convincing / confusing for p*lice
4) copy paste to share clarification messages (like this one) because making it public blows our cover
5) say “Randing Stock” in clarification posts so that when they filter out / search those terms, your post is visible to the right people.”
The idea is spreading like a chain letter through Facebook as a meaningful way to help protesters who are trying to block the continued construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline,which protesters say would endanger the water supply of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation and destroy sacred burial grounds and artifacts. According to the Facebook meme, having thousands of supporters from across the country “checking in” at Standing Rock would help protesters who have been camping at the site by flooding a stream of potential intelligence for police with false information.”*
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Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Francis Maxwell, Hannah Cranston
Cast: Cenk Uygur, Francis Maxwell, Hannah Cranston
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