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"On two other occasions, the researchers said Facebook blocked them from reporting fresh bugs. The reason? They had already reported too many."
— Ed Bott (@edbott) July 25, 2019
Well, that's one way to avoid dealing with bug reports, I guess. https://t.co/ajlOk3mL2r
Facebook touted its online ad library as way to combat disinformation, especially during political campaigns. But access to the library's data is so crippled by bugs and technical issues that researchers say they can barely use it. From @AllMattNYT https://t.co/Pj4YjAPBex
— Tiffany Hsu (@tiffkhsu) July 25, 2019
Trouble in transparency land. If only there were profit rewards for it rather than friction and expense. Still trying to figure out what Zuckerberg’s #1 priority is. https://t.co/DbB11OdOAk via @NYTimes
— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) July 25, 2019
I am shocked that Facebook announced a tool for optics that has plenty of issues and doesn't work correctly. https://t.co/0efkDwg68u
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) July 25, 2019
I told you all. I've been telling you. It's a feature, not a bug.
— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) July 25, 2019
I know people are listening but changes are not coming fast enough, and major elections are just around the corner. We have to find better workarounds because @Facebook will not.https://t.co/cDE5Qsgqiq
We set out to track political advertising ahead of the European elections using Facebook's API.
— Firefox ? (@firefox) July 25, 2019
Instead our researchers here at @mozilla ended up documenting bug after bug with the library. https://t.co/VXk6q2z0rj
The Ad Tool That Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised https://t.co/cTYG1Ue4X4
— Matthew Rosenberg (@AllMattNYT) July 25, 2019
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised:
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 25, 2019
An ad library Facebook rolled out is so flawed, researchers say, that it is effectively useless as a way to track political messaging. https://t.co/ufCnC8dKhH
Gee whiz, who could have predicted it? https://t.co/Kvll5TFjaR
— Jacqui Cheng (@ejacqui) July 25, 2019
I am shocked that Facebook announced a tool for optics that has plenty of issues and doesn't work correctly. https://t.co/0efkDwg68u
— Ryan Mac ? (@RMac18) July 25, 2019
« We want raw data » #disinformation #geekplomacy https://t.co/PNy3ux8Dk1
— Ambassadeur Numérique (@AmbNum) July 25, 2019
This is pretty frustrating. Transparency around political advertising is the lowest hanging fruit, both for companies and lawmakers. Like, it's not even hanging. It's just been sitting there on the ground for 3 years. With a sign saying "pick me!" Cmon.https://t.co/To1K5nOIJP
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) July 25, 2019
Here’s yet another reason why we work to provide political ad transparency, independent of the platforms’ efforts.https://t.co/vMAnQKha5d
— Who Targets Me (@WhoTargetsMe) July 25, 2019
Once again, no surprises here. Facebook promises to be good and doesn’t deliver.
— Joel Reidenberg (@jreidenberg) July 25, 2019
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised - The New York Times https://t.co/oyVHRWEIAf
“But instead of setting a new standard, Facebook appears to have fallen short.” @AllMattNYT’s latest on the disinformation and online fuckery beat
— Katherine Finnerty ? (@KPFinnerty) July 25, 2019
https://t.co/MjvX7KJoAm
Watching #thegreathack and then reading this NYT article about the failures of the Facebook ad API offers an utterly depressing but incredibly necessary two hours of your time https://t.co/D04qsfIDSv
— Claire Wardle (@cward1e) July 26, 2019
More evidence that Facebook should amend its terms of service to establish a “safe harbor” for public-interest journalism and research on the platform. /1 https://t.co/fwecQvjbcQ
— Knight 1st Amendment (@knightcolumbia) July 25, 2019
Last year Facebook set up an online library of all its ads to try to combat #disinformation campaigns. However, bugs and technical constraints have rendered it almost obsolete. https://t.co/zWlsQSkCe8 pic.twitter.com/O66hTN7hRQ
— Access Now (@accessnow) July 26, 2019
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised https://t.co/ghiQQDyBOk
— Dominik Batorski (@DominikBatorski) July 26, 2019
Compared to the database provided by @WhoTargetsMe during the abortion referendum, FB's own political ad archive absolutely sucked. Full of ads for beauty treatments and a search so broken that only way to get anything was to search "." https://t.co/KoZwRkTtay
— Aaron Rogan (@AarRogan) July 26, 2019
Finally, HT to @AllMattNYT on similar story published (annoyingly) 10 hours before mine, based on similar complaints re: FB’s ad transparency tools from @Mozilla https://t.co/Bq15FkEBi7
— Mark Scott (@markscott82) July 26, 2019
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised https://t.co/4UnMnIBuxU @AllMattNYT
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 25, 2019
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised https://t.co/UOxlYd3MCo
— Aaron Y. Zelin (@azelin) July 25, 2019
The saying “Trust - but verify” takes all its meaning when you discover that @Facebook removed 31% of ads in the ?? library of their tool to fight #disinformation during the EU elections, including at least 12 ads that were illegal under French law https://t.co/NbpaQ1JP9O @AmbNum
— lvdefranssu (@lvdefranssu) July 25, 2019
Facebook heralded this research tool as a key way to fight disinformation after the 2016 election. It has fallen short, reports @AllMattNYT. Alerted to the problems by @mozilla, a Facebook engineer responded, "This is unfortunately a won’t fix for now.” https://t.co/tzIadZcmH2
— Adam Satariano (@satariano) July 25, 2019
Mozilla's work on Facebook Ads is in the NYT today - https://t.co/mGIsfbBy3b
— Laura Thomson (@lxt) July 25, 2019
Thanks to the team for the hard work! I'm proud of you.
Important deets are at the bottom... “The French officials also found that Facebook sometimes removed ads without explanation...”
— J. Grygiel ?️??? (@jmgrygiel) July 25, 2019
I’ve also documented Facebook removing ads that break US law. https://t.co/6UPNvTbcTg
Easiest piece of the puzzle- ad transparency - still not fixed. Our info ecosystem is not hardened against attack https://t.co/hSZbS19aJb
— Karen Kornbluh (@KarenKornbluh) July 26, 2019
Ad Tool Facebook Built to Fight Disinformation Doesn’t Work as Advertised https://t.co/Lhxs2trBQw
— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) July 26, 2019