Researchers welcome easier access to TikTok data ‘goldmine’

Researchers concerned as tech giants choke off access to data

There is a vast universe of information about people’s online behaviour. But academics say social media firms are restricting access to it, leaving us in the dark about the web

By David Matthews

23 October

Texas TikTok ban ‘seriously impeding’ research

Academics launch lawsuit in attempt to get restrictions relaxed to allow them to study the platform used by two-thirds of American teens

By Lauren Coffey for Inside Higher Ed

18 July

Watchdog wants university data review in Cambridge Analytica probe

Information Commissioner’s Office expresses concern about academics using data gathered for research purposes for commercial gain

By John Morgan

11 July

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US universities caught up in crackdown on TikTok

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By Paul Basken

19 January

Researchers welcome easier access to TikTok data ‘goldmine’

ByteDance’s pre-regulation ‘strategic’ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on publications

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Researchers welcome easier access to TikTok data ‘goldmine’

ByteDance’s pre-regulation ‘strategic’ move will allow academics to pull more data from the platform, but critical work may still have to use workarounds if the company extends its veto on publications

Register to continue

Subscribe

Related articles

Researchers concerned as tech giants choke off access to data

Texas TikTok ban ‘seriously impeding’ research

Watchdog wants university data review in Cambridge Analytica probe

US universities caught up in crackdown on TikTok

Related universities

University of the Arts London

Ulm University

University of Zurich

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