Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics claim its replacement has just ‘1% of the features’ Story by Rebecca Bellan • 1w ...

Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday shuttered CrowdTangle, a popular social media analysis tool that journalists, civic groups and researchers used to monitor trending posts on platforms like ...

Meta added safety features to CrowdTangle ahead of the European Parliament elections in June 2024, before shutting down its operations to avoid regulatory action. Meta’s History with CrowdTangle ...

(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. on Wednesday shuttered CrowdTangle, a popular social media analysis tool that journalists, civic groups and researchers used to monitor trending posts on ...

The social media company discontinues its CrowdTangle tool, which researchers have used to track misinformation. Amid fears of election interference, lawmakers have urged Meta to keep it running.

Meta said Wednesday that CrowdTangle doesn’t provide a complete picture of what is happening on its platforms and said its new tools are more comprehensive. Meta acquired CrowdTangle in 2016.

A group of prominent lawmakers sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Thursday asking the company to delay its shutdown of CrowdTangle by six months.

Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics claim its replacement has just ‘1% of the features’ ...

Until CrowdTangle’s closure, Meta maintained a list of dozens of case studies showing how researchers used the tool to, for instance, identify Russia-linked influence operations in Africa or ...

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.