Congress needs to make laws that mandate the ability for researchers to actually research how social media platforms affect our society. We all went into this in the 90s thinking the world would be a better place by bringing the world together online but obviously it didn't quite
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In regards to data access, do you make a distinction between "researchers" and "the public," or are they the same in your view?
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Anyone involved with research -- doesn't have to be tied to a university.
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So you would stop short of making it public. I think I understand the problem -- Facebook does not want to risk private data becoming public. As a result, researchers have been asking for non-public access. Is that accurate?
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Even the data we currently have access to is not reliable. For example:
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A thread about why measuring the spread of disinfo on Facebook is impossible for #disinfo researchers. The URL to the viral Sept 10, 2020 tweet from the fake Scarsdale Antifa was taken down by Facebook on Sept 12, but still shows 2,133,934 interactions on public & private posts.
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