On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observer without replacement

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• kae@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This a huge step back for transparency with Meta (shocker). Access to this data is important for a variety of reasons, and using the recent EU laws as an excuse is deplorable (again, shocker from Meta).

  It’s clear the data companies were left alone for too long to rule the schoolyard. It’s going to take some time to treat them and others what decorum looks like without throwing an absolute hissy fit.

  Here’s hoping the EU, which seems to be the only teacher on the playground willing to discipline anyone, will set them straight.

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  • melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Tear the government down, start from scratch.

    As a bonus; we also solve the problem with having police.

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I can’t wait to become the United States of Walmart. Thanks for that.

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    • oce@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How do you prevent it from turning into a “might makes right” system ?

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• uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sounds like Zuck is hoping for a one-party Fascist autocracy in the US.

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  • Quill7513@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It would benefit a social cause that is near and dear to his heart: making Mark Zuckerberg extremely wealthy

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    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think he thinks he is building The Matrix, and will get godmode.

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  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “We will give you tax breaks, you’ll help us build out theocratic fascism!”

    (If anyone asks: Facebook already got caught spying on abortion providers in red states, expect even worse once Project 2025 is enacted.)

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• dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We should outlaw political advertisement on social media? Kind of like how cigarette advertisement was eliminated from movie theater ads.

  The fines should be stacked as factors - unmitigated offenses will build up and incur exponentially growing fines. Very large incentive to shut that shit down.

  Politics should be advertised by performance review, not marketing.

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  • forgotmylastusername@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No politics was a rule on many forums. One of the many things social media did away with.

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  • melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or someone should do something that will actually have literally any impact.

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• Syn_Attck@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  My hope is that the FBI asked them to shut this down on NSA’s behalf, so threat actors feel more comfortable as if they aren’t being watched, studied, and analyzed by every OSINT collective in existence.

  My fear is that they know what happened the previous 2 elections and this year will be the worst yet, and they don’t want their users knowing how badly they got duped and feeling bad/dumb enough to leave the platform. Also advertising $$.

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• skittle07crusher@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I kind of can’t stand Biden, in spite of the many surprisingly good things he’s done in the last few years.

  But god damn if this isn’t the kind of action from Meta that can only help Trump.

  I am sorry to feel that this decision from Meta has much more to do with certain ongoing wars and preferred candidates than any “EU legislation.”

  Meta wants Trump. Meta wants fascism.

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  • gaifux@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    in spite of the many surprisingly good things he’s done in the last few years

    …that’s about when I stopped reading.

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• anon987@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder if Zuckerberg know that his bunker won’t save him?

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  • Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A practical demonstration may be necessary

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• laughterlaughter@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  its* tool for election integrity.

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• dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What is CrowdTangle

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well it says in the title, so….

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    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      We are at the point where people don’t even read the entire headline.

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  • DrDeadCrash@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    CrowdTangle is Meta’s tool for election integrity, they’re shutting out down without a replacement.

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    • kae@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Don’t encourage the behaviour. As the saying goes… Give a man a fish and you’ve fed him for a day… Teach a man to fish and you’ve fed him for life.

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• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Meta

  integrity

  lmao

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• guacupado@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  theverge.com/…/meta-crowdtangle-shut-down-faceboo…

  Weird this is again making the rounds after the news is 2 years old.

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  • CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Weird this is again making the rounds after the news is 2 years old.

    Looks like they delayed the shutdown, but then announced last month that they’re going to do it finally.

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• Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Mozilla is just Google’s way of casting shade on competitors now

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