On September 30th, the Knight-Georgetown Institute, Mozilla, and the Coalition for Independent Tech Research held a funeral for the demise of CrowdTangle. The decision to host something so personal for a technology platform came after many months of collective organising efforts, calling on Meta to reverse course on their decision to kill CrowdTangle and improve … Continue reading The CrowdTangle Funeral:A Celebration of Life and the Untimely Death of CrowdTangle and Other Transparency Tools
Press Release: Meta Kills CrowdTangle, Endangering People and Democracy Both On- and Offline
By The CITR Team
14 Aug—Today, despite numerous appeals from policymakers, researchers, journalists and the public at large, Meta has gone through with the shutdown of its celebrated data transparency tool CrowdTangle. The company’s announcement that it has made improvements to its new Content Library is welcome, but this tool lacks crucial functions which allow civil society to track … Continue reading Press Release: Meta Kills CrowdTangle, Endangering People and Democracy Both On- and Offline
Survey: Meta’s Shutdown of CrowdTangle Bad for the Public Interest
By CITR Team
Coalition for Independent Technology Research study identifies why researchers still need CrowdTangle to shed light on severe on- and offline dangers 31 July: A new survey of researchers and journalists reveals that Meta’s planned shutdown of Crowdtangle, set for two weeks from today, will conceal the nefarious acts and actors on Facebook and Instagram … Continue reading Survey: Meta’s Shutdown of CrowdTangle Bad for the Public Interest