Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time
WEBMar 25, 2024 · Earlier this month, Meta announced that it would be shutting down CrowdTangle, the social media monitoring and transparency tool that has allowed journalists and researchers to track the spread...
Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Meta has been bombarded by academics, researchers, politicians and regulators about a tool called CrowdTangle, which most people probably haven’t heard of. It’s been used to investigate the...
Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool ... - Associated Press News
WEBAug 15, 2024 · 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 posts, notably to track how misinformation spreads on the company’s platforms.
Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Meta has been bombarded by academics, researchers, politicians and regulators about a tool called CrowdTangle, which most people probably haven’t heard of. It’s been used to investigate the spread of violence, political disinformation and false narratives on Facebook and Instagram.
Meta just closed a vital online research tool. It’s bad news for the ...
WEBAug 16, 2024 · 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. But earlier this week, the owner...
Meta killed CrowdTangle, an ‘invaluable’ research tool ... - Engadget
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Meta has shut down CrowdTangle, the analytics tool that for years helped tens of thousands of researchers, journalists and civil society groups understand how information was spreading on...
Meta to Replace Widely Used Data Tool—and Largely Cut Off …
WEBMar 14, 2024 · The social-media giant said it will decommission CrowdTangle in five months and is replacing it with a tool called the Meta Content Library, which will be available only to academic and...
‘Grave step backwards’: Meta shuts monitoring tool in ... - MSN
WEBW ashington, United States — 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...
Meta wants to fight misinformation with new AI tool Sphere
WEBJul 13, 2022 · Facebook parent Meta announced a new tool, called Sphere, that aims to use AI to better detect and address misinformation, or "fake news," on the internet.