There’s less social media transparency and, likely, more disinformation
Recent declines in transparency may blind researchers and the public to the impact of other changes in the social media ...
Meta killed Crowdtangle, an ‘invaluable’ research tool, because what it showed was inconvenient
More recently, Meta executives have suggested that CrowdTangle was never intended for research. “It was built for a wholly ...
The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?
In the early days the internet was a free, egalitarian space for anyone to surf. Now, commercial interests rule – but users ...
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Meta Shuts Down CrowdTangle Amid Criticism From Fact-Checkers and Researchers
Meta has officially shut down CrowdTangle, its public insights tool, and replaced it with Meta Content Library and Content Library API (Application Programming Interface). The company had ...
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Meta Oversight Board finds the “From the River to the Sea” slogan not violating community standards using the CrowdTangle tool
Meta Oversight Board designates the phrase 'from the river to the sea' not a violation of community standards as it isn't ...
Meta oversight board asks firm not to automatically remove pro-Palestinian phrase
Meta Platforms' Oversight Board said on Wednesday the Facebook parent should not automatically remove a phrase seen by some ...
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Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media ...
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Meta bans Russian state media outlets for ‘interference’
META late Monday (Sep 16) said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to “foreign ...
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Meta killed CrowdTangle, an ‘invaluable’ research tool, because what it showed was inconvenient
It’s the end of an era for social media research. Meta has shut down CrowdTangle, the analytics tool that for years helped tens of thousands of researchers, journalists and civil society groups ...
Meta oversight board asks firm not to automatically remove pro-Palestinian phrase “from the river to the sea”
Meta Platforms’ Oversight Board said the Facebook parent should not automatically remove the phrase “from the river to the ...