Facebook sparks row by cutting off researchers
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05/08/2021 - 02:20 Facebook cited privacy concerns in cutting off a research project on political misinformation, but critics said the move goes against transparency OLIVIER DOULIERY AFP/File 2 min
Washington (AFP)
Facebook has cut off some academic researchers for scraping data from the platform, sparking a fresh controversy about the leading social network s transparency to outside experts studying misinformation and abusive content.
The California tech giant acted late Tuesday to block the research from New York University s Ad Observatory Project, citing privacy concerns.
Facebook product management director Mike Clark said the accounts from the project were disabled to stop unauthorized scraping and protect people s privacy in line with our privacy program.
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