德国研究人员寻求开放的社交媒体数据,以研究自2023年以来受到阻碍的政治参与趋势。 German researchers seek open access to social media data to study political engagement trends, hindered since 2023.

德国萨尔兰大学的研究人员呼吁开放使用社交媒体平台X的数据以研究政治参与趋势。 Researchers from Saarland University in Germany are calling for open access to social media platform X's data to study political engagement trends. 他们的研究在Elon Musk在2023年6月收购该平台后对免费数据访问的限制而停止, 发现左翼和右翼政治家在推特优先级上没有显著差异. Their research, halted by Elon Musk's restriction on free data access in June 2023 after his acquisition of the platform, found no significant difference in tweet prioritization between left and right-leaning politicians. 然而，他们观察到用户获取后参与度的变化，点赞更多，但转发更少。 However, they observed changes in user engagement post-acquisition, with more likes but fewer retweets. 他们敦促立法确保学术研究人员能够获取这类数据。 They urge for legislation to ensure academic researchers can access such data.