Meta’s decision to shut down CrowdTangle jeopardizes critical oversight mechanisms for misinformation monitoring during the U.S. presidential elections, raising concerns about transparency and social trust.
CrowdTangle has been indispensable for researchers tracking harmful content and disinformation on social media, highlighting its importance for civic discourse and democracy.
The Mozilla Foundation emphasized that CrowdTangle represented an industry best practice for real-time platform transparency, proving essential in understanding how voter suppression spreads online.
While Meta introduced the Meta Content Library as an alternative, its limited accessibility and current lack of functionality compared to CrowdTangle leave many news organizations without vital tools.
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