Meta 计划停止使用 CrowdTangle。 Meta plans to discontinue CrowdTangle.

在关键的选举年中，Facebook 母公司 Meta 将于 8 月关闭研究人员用来追踪病毒式虚假信息的数字工具 CrowdTangle。 Meta, Facebook's parent company, will shut down CrowdTangle, a digital tool used by researchers to track viral falsehoods, in August, amid a crucial election year. 研究人员担心此举将扰乱检测政治错误信息的努力，因为 CrowdTangle 为 Facebook 和 Instagram 等 Meta 拥有的平台上阴谋论和仇恨言论的传播提供了实时透明度。 Researchers fear this move will disrupt efforts to detect political misinformation, as CrowdTangle provided real-time transparency into the spread of conspiracy theories and hate speech on Meta-owned platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Meta 计划用一种名为内容库的新工具取代 CrowdTangle，但专家声称该工具缺乏相同的功能，新闻机构无法访问。 Meta plans to replace CrowdTangle with a new tool called the Content Library, which experts claim lacks the same functionality and will not be accessible to news organizations.