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EU Presses Meta On Transparency Plans After Scraping Disinformation Tracker
The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.
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Meta Just Shut A Vital Online Tool. It's Bad News For 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.
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"Grave Step Backwards": Meta Shuts Down Misinformation Monitoring Tool In Poll 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.
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Meta Said to Curtail Election Misinformation Efforts as US Midterm Vote Approaches: Details
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...
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Facebook Buys Social Media Buzz Tracker CrowdTangle
CrowdTangle said that its technology helps identify stories picking up traction and influential sources as well as their performance on social networks.
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EU Presses Meta On Transparency Plans After Scraping Disinformation Tracker
The EU on Friday formally requested that Meta detail steps it is taking on transparency after the Facebook and Instagram owner scrapped a widely-used tool for tracking disinformation online.
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Meta Just Shut A Vital Online Tool. It's Bad News For 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.
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"Grave Step Backwards": Meta Shuts Down Misinformation Monitoring Tool In Poll 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.
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Meta Said to Curtail Election Misinformation Efforts as US Midterm Vote Approaches: Details
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...
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Facebook Buys Social Media Buzz Tracker CrowdTangle
CrowdTangle said that its technology helps identify stories picking up traction and influential sources as well as their performance on social networks.
