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September 11, 2021 03:39 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/11/22668396/facebook-provided-inaccurate-data-misinformation-researchers
Facebook reportedly provided inaccurate data to misinformation researchers
Facebook apologized to misinformation researchers for providing them with flawed, incomplete data for their work examining how users interact with posts and links on its platform, the New York Times reported. Contrary to what the company told the researchers, the data Facebook provided apparently only included information for roughly half of its users in the US, not all of them.
The Times reported that members of Facebook’s Open Research and Transparency team held a call with researchers on Friday to apologize for the error. Some of the researchers questioned whether the mistake was intentional to sabotage the research, or simply an instance of negligence.
The flaw in the data was first discovered by a researcher at Italy’s University...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/11/22668396/facebook-provided-inaccurate-data-misinformation-researchers
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