[Air-L] "Facebook's data changes will hamper research and oversight, academics warn"

[Michael T Zimmer]

ICYMI, numerous internet researchers — lead by AoIR president Axel Bruns — recently published an op-ed warning that Facebook’s recent changes that restrict access to data via APIs threaten to hamper research and oversight of the social network (and likely won't do much to protect user privacy).

Read the op-ed at Internet Policy Review: https://policyreview.info/articles/news/facebook-shuts-gate-after-horse-has-bolted-and-hurts-real-research-process/786

And related coverage at The Guardian: https://policyreview.info/articles/news/facebook-shuts-gate-after-horse-has-bolted-and-hurts-real-research-process/786

Thanks, Axel, for leading this charge!

Michael Zimmer


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