Meta Shuts Down Tracking Tool CrowdTangle, Faces Bipartisan Criticism
Meta Shuts Down Tracking Tool CrowdTangle, Faces Bipartisan Criticism
On Wednesday, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) shut down CrowdTangle, a social media analysis tool used for monitoring trending posts on Facebook and Instagram.
週三,Meta Platforms, Inc.(納斯達克股票代碼:META)關閉了CrowdTangle,這是一款用於監控Facebook和Instagram上熱門帖子的社交媒體分析工具。
CrowdTangle helped journalists and researchers analyze user engagement, identify key drivers of content spread, and track the virality of political and medical misinformation on social media platforms, as reported by Bloomberg.
據彭博社報道,CrowdTangle幫助記者和研究人員分析用戶參與度,確定內容傳播的關鍵驅動因素,並追蹤社交媒體平台上政治和醫學錯誤信息的傳播程度。
According to the report, in July, a bipartisan group of lawmakers requested that CEO Mark Zuckerberg delay CrowdTangle's shutdown by six months, emphasizing the need for continued access to study the impact of platforms and their algorithms.
根據該報告,7月,一個由兩黨組成的議員團體要求首席執行官馬克·扎克伯格將CrowdTangle的關閉推遲六個月,強調需要繼續訪問以研究平台及其算法的影響。
This week, Meta responded that it would proceed with the shutdown due to maintenance difficulties and concerns that the tool no longer provides a representative view of platform activity.
本週,Meta回應說,由於維護困難以及擔心該工具不再提供平台活動的代表性視圖,它將繼續關閉。
In separate statements, Senator Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, termed Meta's response as "disappointing," and Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana added that it "only highlights the need for more oversight and scrutiny of Big Tech."
在單獨的聲明中,特拉華州民主黨參議員克里斯·庫恩斯稱Meta的回應 「令人失望」,路易斯安那州的共和黨參議員比爾·卡西迪補充說,這 「只是凸顯了對大型科技公司進行更多監督和審查的必要性」。
Notably, in March, the social media giant disclosed its intention to replace CrowdTangle with the Meta Content Library, limiting access exclusively to academic and nonprofit researchers and excluding most news outlets.
值得注意的是,這家社交媒體巨頭在三月份透露了用元內容庫取代CrowdTangle的打算,僅限學術和非營利研究人員訪問,不包括大多數新聞媒體。
Meta stated that CrowdTangle's decommissioning followed years of its use in studying the spread of misinformation and causing frustration among its leaders due to reporting that often highlighted problematic content spread.
Meta 表示,CrowdTangle 之所以退出,是因爲它多年來一直在研究錯誤信息的傳播,由於報道經常強調有問題的內容傳播,這引起了領導人的沮喪。
Meta promised that the Meta Content Library would be an improvement over CrowdTangle with new capabilities, such as measuring content's reach and accessing public comments data.
Meta承諾,元內容庫將比CrowdTangle有所改進,具有新功能,例如衡量內容的覆蓋面和訪問公衆評論數據。
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Price Action: META shares are up 2.06% at $537.59 at the last check on Thursday.
價格走勢:在週四的最後一次支票中,META股價上漲2.06%,至537.59美元。