Is Facebook election project a model for research on big tech?

A carnival float depicting a judge holding the tail of an alien whereupon is written 'radicalisation, hate, rush, Facebook' in Germany 2020. To illustrate whether scholars on Facebook's oversight board are helping rule on moderation rows.

Scholars overseeing Facebook: Supreme Court or fairness washing?

Law professor helping rule on moderation rows sees chance to ‘put my research into practice, after yelling at tech companies to do better’, but others aren’t convinced

By John Morgan

10 March

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

Is the academy too close to Silicon Valley?

The entanglement of the university and tech worlds faces increased scrutiny following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Could joint positions in industry and academia offer a workable and ethically defensible way forward? David Matthews reports

By David Matthews

19 July

New research partnership model devised after Facebook scandal

Academics establish deal with social network that will allow ‘insider’ scholars to filter data given to researchers

By Ellie Bothwell

25 April

Is Facebook election project a model for research on big tech?

Academics granted unique access to ‘black box of algorithms’ to explore social media’s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ‘independence by permission’ model can endure

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Is Facebook election project a model for research on big tech?

Academics granted unique access to ‘black box of algorithms’ to explore social media’s influence on 2020 presidential election, but many question if ‘independence by permission’ model can endure

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Researchers concerned as tech giants choke off access to data

Is the academy too close to Silicon Valley?

New research partnership model devised after Facebook scandal

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