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JSON Baumgartner
@jasonbaumgartne
This is infuriating. Social media platforms need to allow access to important data for researchers for a number of reasons. We need the capability of better understanding the spread of disinformation and how social media affects our society. Pushshift will continue to collect
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Ethan "no blue check before it was cool" Zuckerman
@EthanZ
A very bad look for Facebook - wsj.com/articles/faceb. Understanding how political ads are targeted on FB is of public and academic interest. And recruiting volunteers to donate data is a responsible way to get this data. We need a safe harbor for researchers.
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JSON Baumgartner
@jasonbaumgartne
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data from social media platforms and make that data available to researchers because I strongly believe that transparent access to that data for researchers ultimately makes our society safer and helps all of us better understand both the positive and detrimental aspects
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JSON Baumgartner
@jasonbaumgartne
associated with social media platforms and the content posted on those platforms. I started doing this years ago because I firmly believe it is the right thing to do and will benefit our world.
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Joseph Curtin
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There is a way to do this. Create a non-profit to perform the data collection task. I'd love to support this effort as an employee, but my expertise is in data collection. Not legal/business/ non-profits. Make it official
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