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

Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta's shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook

Journalists, researchers and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram.

In CrowdTangle’s place, Meta is offering its Content Library — but is limiting usage to people from “qualified academic or nonprofit institutions who are pursuing scientific or public interest research.” Many researchers and academics, and most journalists, are barred from accessing the tool.

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