{"id":2493,"date":"2021-08-14T11:37:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T09:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/14\/facebook-shut-down-our-research-into-its-role-in-spreading-disinformation-laura-edelson-and-damon-mccoy\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T09:37:28","slug":"facebook-shut-down-our-research-into-its-role-in-spreading-disinformation-laura-edelson-and-damon-mccoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/14\/facebook-shut-down-our-research-into-its-role-in-spreading-disinformation-laura-edelson-and-damon-mccoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation |  Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company\u2019s hostility to academic scrutiny limits our ability to understand how the platform amplifies political falsehoods <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Facebook disabled our personal accounts, obstructing the research we lead at New York University to study the spread of disinformation on the company\u2019s platform. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/08\/04\/facebook-ad-observatory-nyu-researchers\/\">The move<\/a> has already compromised our work \u2013 forcing us to suspend our investigations into Facebook\u2019s role in amplifying vaccine misinformation, sowing distrust in our elections and fomenting the violent riots at the US Capitol on 6 January.<\/p>\n<p>But even more important than the effect on our work is what Facebook\u2019s hostility toward outside scrutiny means for the many other researchers and journalists trying to study Facebook\u2019s effects on society. We\u2019ve already heard from other researchers planning similar projects who are now pulling back. If Facebook has its way, there will be no independent research of its platform.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/aug\/14\/facebook-research-disinformation-politics\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2beaa181bd68413b76be5b4d644b5c9a3e53f61c\/0_271_8121_4875\/master\/8121.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7de937107cc39e231dd1dbb6a395f961\" title=\"Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation |  Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy\" \/>The company\u2019s hostility to academic scrutiny limits our ability to understand how the platform amplifies political falsehoods<br \/>\nLast week, Facebook disabled our personal accounts, obstructing the research we lead at New York University to study the spread of disinformation on the company\u2019s platform. The move has already compromised our work \u2013 forcing us to suspend our investigations into Facebook\u2019s role in amplifying vaccine misinformation, sowing distrust in our elections and fomenting the violent riots at the US Capitol on 6 January.<br \/>\nBut even more important than the effect on our work is what Facebook\u2019s hostility toward outside scrutiny means for the many other researchers and journalists trying to study Facebook\u2019s effects on society. We\u2019ve already heard from other researchers planning similar projects who are now pulling back. If Facebook has its way, there will be no independent research of its platform. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company\u2019s hostility to academic scrutiny limits our ability to understand how the platform amplifies political falsehoods Last week, Facebook disabled our personal accounts, obstructing the research we lead at New York University to study the spread of disinformation on the company\u2019s platform. The move has already compromised our work \u2013 forcing us to suspend &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/14\/facebook-shut-down-our-research-into-its-role-in-spreading-disinformation-laura-edelson-and-damon-mccoy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook shut down our research into its role in spreading disinformation |  Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}