Meta 'death' of CrowdTangle, tool to track false information

CrowdTangle is commonly used by researchers, watchdog organizations, and journalists.

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Previously, at the beginning of the year, when Meta announced this decision, it was met with opposition from researchers and non-profit organizations.

In May, dozens of groups, including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Digital Data Research Lab at the Atlantic Council, etc. sent a letter emphasizing CrowdTangle as an essential tool to help The researcher analyzed the vast amount of information on the platform and identified harmful content and threats and requested that the tool be kept active until at least January 2025 so that it can be used throughout the election. elect President of the United States.

Meta has now released a tool called Meta Content Library to replace CrowdTangle. However, most academic researchers and nonprofits, most news organizations, have limited access to this tool.

Nick Clegg, Global Director of Meta, said the company gathered feedback on the Meta Content Library from hundreds of researchers to make the tool more user-friendly and help them find See the data needed for the job.

However, many users believe that Meta Content Library is not as useful as CrowdTangle.

Samuel Daniel

Update 15 August 2024