"Facebook’s reaction shows that any organization that attempts to shed light on one of their algorithms is under constant threat of being sued." — ⁦@AlgorithmWatch⁩ https://t.co/PlGIiwElY2

— Sarah Genner, PhD (@sgenner) August 13, 2021

Facebook: “We’re standing up to researchers for small advertisers everywhere.”
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— Kontra (@counternotions) August 13, 2021

.@algorithmwatch say they were forced to abandon research monitoring @instagram algorithm after legal threats from @Facebook. The Berlin-based project went public with conflict in a post Friday morning, citing the platform’s recent ban of @NYUADResearch. https://t.co/ePoNFuex39

— uradn (@uradn) August 13, 2021

New from @algorithmwatch: Yet another example of Facebook shutting down independent research into the harms of their opaque algorithmic systems.

The company is terrified of any meaningful scrutiny. https://t.co/MrnlY8uYyF

— Joe Westby (@JoeWestby) August 13, 2021

Advocacy group Algorithm Watch shut down a digital tool tracking how politicians interact with people on Instagram, after its executive director got an unexpected email from Facebook warning him to stop collecting data on its users — or face legal action. https://t.co/pxaVsaxTLP

— POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) August 13, 2021

#Facebook wants "to set the laws for what researchers, academics, journalists and civil society can do with data" @POLITICOEurope reports on the company's threats to @algorithmwatch and NYU's Ad Observatory.

It's time for #EU regulators to act! https://t.co/ZkXJ15Rxnh

— AlgorithmWatch (@algorithmwatch) August 13, 2021

NYU researchers begin studying @Facebook's role in 1/6... FB deplatforms them hours later.@algorithmwatch finds Instagram promotes your most promiscuous photos... FB threatens to sue.https://t.co/pYwKCDmO7f

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) August 13, 2021

We now discover that #Instagram has done exactly the same with European researchers 2/https://t.co/K9ofzKs60B

— Tommaso Valletti (@TomValletti) August 13, 2021

New from @algorithmwatch: Yet another example of Facebook shutting down independent research into the harms of their opaque algorithmic systems.

The company is terrified of any meaningful scrutiny. https://t.co/MrnlY8uYyF

— Joe Westby (@JoeWestby) August 13, 2021