Meta Shuts Down CrowdTangle, Tool Used for Tracking Online Misinformation. Researchers express concern about lack of visibility ahead of US election. Signage outside Meta ...

by Colin Kirkland, August 14, 2024 ; With only three months to go before the U.S. presidential election, Meta has officially shut down CrowdTangle, a data-insights tool used by tens of thousands ...

Meta Shuts Down CrowdTangle, Tool Used for Tracking Online Misinformation. Davey Alba . Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 1:04 PM 5 min read. In This Article: META ...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has officially shut down CrowdTangle, a tool used by researchers, watchdog organizations, and journalists to monitor social media content, especially for tracking ...

On Wednesday, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) shut down CrowdTangle, a social media analysis tool used for monitoring trending posts on Facebook and Instagram. CrowdTangle helped journalists ...

A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Wednesday sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter asking the firm to delay shutting down CrowdTangle for six months. Why it matters: The lawmakers argue Meta has ...

News. Meta shuts down tool used for tracking online misinformation The timing of the tool’s shutdown, ahead of the presidential election, has drawn concern from groups that relied on CrowdTangle ...

Meta acquired CrowdTangle in 2016, and it became a mainstay among research groups seeking to understand social media trends, disinformation included, after the company clamped down on access to ...

Meta shut down CrowdTangle, a tool used to monitor Facebook and Instagram trends, citing maintenance issues and representativeness concerns. Senators expressed disappointment, as CrowdTangle was ...

Until CrowdTangle’s closure, Meta maintained a list of dozens of case studies showing how researchers used the tool to, for instance, identify Russia-linked influence operations in Africa or track ...

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday shuttered CrowdTangle, a popular social media analysis tool that journalists, civic groups and researchers used to monitor trending posts on platforms ...