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'Grave step backwards': Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year

The tech giant says CrowdTangle will be unavailable after August 14, less than three months before the US election.

'Grave step backwards': Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

A digital tool considered vital in tracking viral falsehoods, CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt

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