( ) -v-34- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “std.” Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle. Correspondent Jeremy House reports. [CutID: <Cuts> META-CROWDTANGLE-house-v-THUam.mp3 Time: 34s Title: META-CROWDTANGLE-house-v-THUam Out-cue: std] ————————— VERBATIM: It was a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media posts, notably to track how misinformation […]
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Meta kills off misinformation tracking tool CrowdTangle
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Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle. Correspondent Jeremy House reports.
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VERBATIM: It was a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media posts, notably to track how misinformation spreads on its platforms. The shutdown was protested by researchers and nonprofits. Dozens of groups, including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council and Human Rights Watch sent a letter to the company asking that it keep CrowdTangle running through at least January so it would be available through the U.S. presidential elections.