Crowdtangle

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.

Meta is said to have silently curtailed its efforts to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in US elections, ahead of the upcoming November midterm vote. The Facebook parent company previously spent several billions of dollars to enhance the accuracy of posts about elections in the US after outrage following the exploitation of user...

CrowdTangle said that its technology helps identify stories picking up traction and influential sources as well as their performance on social networks.

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.

Meta is said to have silently curtailed its efforts to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in US elections, ahead of the upcoming November midterm vote. The Facebook parent company previously spent several billions of dollars to enhance the accuracy of posts about elections in the US after outrage following the exploitation of user...

CrowdTangle said that its technology helps identify stories picking up traction and influential sources as well as their performance on social networks.