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Meta just closed a vital online research tool. It’s bad news for the fight against misinformation

For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online.

The Conversation

Meta Platforms Shuts Down Crowdtangle Monitoring Tool

Meta Platforms' decision to shut down CrowdTangle sparks protests from researchers and watchdogs over the loss of a vital tool for monitoring social media ...

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Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle

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US Lawmakers Urge Meta To Delay Shutting Down Transparency Tool

US lawmakers voiced "concern" Wednesday over Meta's decision to shut down CrowdTangle -- a digital tool considered vital in monitoring falsehoods -- in a major election year, urging the tech giant to delay the move by six months.

International Business Times

Is Sky News Australia’s influence dying?

Sky News Australia once dominated social media platforms, peaking in 2020. Now, it’s a shadow of its former self.

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'Grave Step Backwards': Meta Shuts Monitoring Tool In Election Year

A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation.

International Business Times

Debate: The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

From Facebook’s psychological experiments on unwitting users in 2014 to the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 or the Facebook files in 2021, controversies involving the company have been numerous. Despite an increased demand for transparency, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook), has never been too inclined…

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CrowdTangle lets researchers track Facebook disinformation. So why's it on Meta's chopping block?

Australian researchers are worried they'll lose a key way of tracking disinformation on Facebook, amid reports Meta plans to wind down its CrowdTangle tool.

ABC News

Meta mum on election misinformation efforts as midterms loom

Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in elections even as the U.S. midterms approach

The Independent UK

Dangerous DIY baby formula recipes go viral as parents get desperate

As a nationwide baby formula shortage sends parents into crisis mode, social media posts containing dangerous misinformation about homemade formula recipes have gone viral online, racking up views in the millions. Although major networks like Facebook, TikTok and YouTube have taken steps to label photos, videos and posts with contextual…

Tribune News Service

Election humour 2022: can the major parties win votes with a funny marmot or a joke about Star Wars?

The 2022 election campaign seems longer than Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. And there is still ten days to go. But that does not mean the whole thing is without lighter moments.

The Conversation

Meta Pauses New Users from Joining Analytics Tool CrowdTangle

Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints. Meta, which disbanded the CrowdTangle team last year, has been under pressure to provide greater transparency into its platforms. CrowdTangle founder and CEO Brandon Silverman left Facebook last…

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