Internet of Bad Things

“The same Facebook personalities who fought dirty to see Duterte win were brought inside the Malacañang Palace. From there they are methodically taking down opponents, including a prominent senator and human-rights activist who became the target of vicious online attacks and was ultimately jailed on a drug charge.” From BusinessWeek: What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

+ “A place that I used to go for joy, for connection, for information, has been perverted, abused, and reduced.” Joshua Topolsky on the death of the Internet.