Earlier this week, a friend in UK civil society told me: "I don't think there's been an election year in recent memory where I knew less about the internet and politics."
That's not an accident. In two weeks, Meta plans to shut down its leading transparency tool called CrowdTangle, a tool used by researchers & journalists for so much reporting about current affairs.
Today Coalition for Independent Tech (npub14vl…2u7h) released a report highlighting the impacts that Meta's decision will have
https://independenttechresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CrowdTangle-Survey-Report-Final.pdf
J. Nathan Matias 🦣 /
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2024-08-02 00:45:38
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