SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and...
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms has shut down CrowdTangle, a tool widely used by researchers, watchdog organizations and journalists to monitor social media posts, notably to track how misinformation spreads on the company's platforms.
Wednesday's shutdown, which Meta announced earlier this year, has been protested by researchers and nonprofits. In May, dozens of groups, including the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Digital Forensic Research Lab at the Atlantic Council, Human Rights Watch and NYU’s Center for Social Media & Politics, sent a letter to the company asking that it keep the tool running through at least January so it would be available through the U.S. presidential elections. “This decision jeopardizes essential pre- and post-election oversight mechanisms and undermines Meta’s transparency efforts during this critical period, and at a time when social trust and digital democracy are alarmingly fragile,” the CrowdTangle, “has been an essential tool in helping researchers parse through the vast amount of information on the platform and identify harmful content and threats,” it added.In March, the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation sent Meta a similar letter asking it to keep the tool, which was available for free, functioning until January. That letter was also signed by several dozen groups and individual academic researchers. “For years, CrowdTangle has represented an industry best practice for real-time platform transparency. It has become a lifeline for understanding how disinformation, hate speech, and voter suppression spread on Facebook, undermining civic discourse and democracy," the Meta has released an alternative to CrowdTangle, called the Meta Content Library. But access to it is limited to academic researchers and nonprofits, which excludes most news organizations. Critics have also complained that it's not as useful as CrowdTangle — at least not yet.last week that the company has been gathering feedback about Meta Content Library from “hundreds of researchers in order to make it more user-friendly and help them find the data they need for their work.”DALLAS — The Justice Department is defending a plea deal it struck with Boeing over planes that crashed and killed 346 people, saying in a court filing Wednesday that it lacks evidence to prosecute the company for more serious crimes.Closed practices mean the starters can go against another team’s starters using more of the playbooks the Seahawks are installing.Sen. J.D. Vance made a series of bizarre comments during a resurfaced podcast interview from 2020, including at one point agreeing with the show’s host that “the whole purpose of the postmenopausal female” is to help raise grandchildren.Sandwiched between discussions about race science, biological determinism and questions around male and female brain sizes, Vance tells Eric Weinstein, host of The Portal podcast, a story about how his wife Usha’s mother dropped everything to care for theiBUNIBONIBEE CREE NATION, MAN. — A northern Manitoba First Nation is being evacuated as a nearby wildfire threatens to edge closer to the community because of wind.Dow Jones futures: The stock market rally slightly added to Tuesday's gains. Ferrari led new buys. Warren Buffett's Berkshire disclosed a stake in Ulta Beauty.ATLANTA — An election board in one of Georgia's largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying the challenged voters.Likelihood of storms stays in place on the Prairies with multiple hazards Severe thunderstorms are possible once again in Alberta and Manitoba on Thursday. Large hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain will be the main threats. Stay alert to the changing conditions in your areaBARCELONA, Spain — Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia says the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal has been hospitalized after being stabbed near Barcelona.CHICAGO, Aug. 14, 2024 -- nuEra Cannabis, Illinois’ premier cannabis dispensary chain, is thrilled to announce its End of Summer Blowout Sale, featuring unbeatable discounts on top brands and products. This event spans from August 15 to September 2, with three unique promotional periods offering significant savings on popular cannabis products. If you’re looking for Chicago Labor Day Deals, End of Summer blowouts, etc. to find some unique opportunities to get the best products fSophia Rosing's plea comes after mediation with student worker Kylah Spring, whom Rosing had called a "bitch" and the N-word while trying to strike her. Borrowers are rushing to refinance their mortgages as rates tumble to the lowest level in over a year As mortgage rates fall, refinancing applications soared 34.5% last week to the highest level in over two years, according to the MBA.The man accused of killing a woman on a north Phoenix hiking trail last year is now facing new charges tied to another assault. According to newly obtained court documents, Zion Teasley has now been charged with aggravated assault and burglary stemming from an alleged attack in January 2020. Those documents say the weapon used was a knife and the victim was another woman. Teasley allegedly attacked a woman as she was returning to her apartment while taking out the trash. He allegedly forced his way into the woman's home and stabbed her several times. The victim was able to fight off Teasley, who eventually fled on foot.LANGLEY, B.C. — A report from British Columbia's worker safety agency says the potential dangers of a burning cedar tree were identified but not acted upon before it fell, killing a young wildland firefighter and injuring two others last summer.Retired Army Colonel DJ Reyes says before the PACT Act, veterans had a hard time getting benefits to help treat health issues likely caused by breathing in toxins. “The onus was on the veteran to prove that they got sick from being overseas. And that was the problem,” said Reyes. Reyes says he was exposed to burn pits in both Iraq and Afghanistan, where the military would dispose of trash, wreckage, and even raw sewage.Two Phoenix firefighters are facing felony child abuse charges after being accused of leaving their child in a car late last year. It all happened in a parking lot in front of 5.11 Tactical, where someone ended up calling 911. Court documents show Charles Boggiano and Jacqueline Arnold are accused of leaving their child by themselves in their vehicle back in Sept. 2023.The charges stem from the police shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, 21, last August in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.Yseult had two goals when she appeared on stage as the final act for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics: Turn the world’s biggest spotlight into her megaphone and shine a light on France while boosting her music and modeling career in the U.S. and around the globe. ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message Wednesday at a rally in North Carolina that his campaign billed as a big economic address, mixing pledges to slash energy prices and “unleash economic abundance” with familiar off-script tangents on Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ laugh, the mechanics of wind energy and President Joe Biden’s son.
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