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2023 Year in Review: Our Research & Impact
A look at our top articles, events, and more from the past year.
December 18, 2023
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First Four Papers from US 2020 Facebook & Instagram Research Election Study Published in Science and Nature
Unprecedented research in the context of the 2020 presidential election reveals algorithms are extremely influential in people’s on-platform experiences and there is significant ideological segregation in political news exposure but, among consenting study participants, changes to critical aspects of the algorithms that determine what they saw did not sway political attitudes.
July 27, 2023
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Policy
Feedback on EU Article 40
In response to the European Commission's Digital Services Act, we submitted comments highlighting the importance of data access for independent research and suggested standards for data access mechanisms.
May 23, 2023
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Policy
The Social Media Data We Need to Answer Key Research Questions
Ahead of a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on platform transparency, we submitted a letter outlining the type of research questions we want to answer — and the social media data we need to answer them.
May 4, 2022
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Despite Warning Labels, Trump’s Election Misinformation Tweets Spread Widely Across Social Media Platforms, New Study Finds
The paper’s findings reveal how misinformation spreads across networks and point to need to improve content-moderation techniques.
August 24, 2021
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Policy
House Testimony: The Impact of Social Media on Congressional Communications Strategy
Our co-director Joshua A. Tucker testified before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.
October 31, 2019