Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia information before investigators can analyze it further

Facebook takes drop information and thousands of posts, obscuring reach of Russian disinformation

They too had scrubbed from the net almost everything — thousands of Facebook posts and the related information — which had made the work possible. "This is public interest data," Albright told Wednesday, expressing frustration which such a rich trove of information had disappeared — or at least moved somewhere the public can't see it. Last week, 2 other investigators who had been working with the Facebook data, Joan Donovan and Becca Lewis of the nonprofit information and community Institute, too noticed which it had suddenly disappeared. Suddenly, anybody with an net connection can see the numbers Albright had compiled and the 3,000 toll free Facebook posts which he had downloaded. The CrowdTangle data, Karpf argued, is a weak proxy for the generality important questions about how many American voters saw the content and how it affected their political choices.

Facebook takes down data and thousands of posts, obscuring reach of Russian disinformation

Judge wrestles with request for Facebook information on inaugural protest

by the same token on "Have you given thought to sort of the expansive nature of some of these Facebook accounts and what's contained in them?" Morin told he's considering a similar process with Facebook, at least for some of the information involved. Facebook objected to the gag, however in April a judge turned drop their request to lift the order. One humorous moment came after Perkins Coie attorney John Roche, representing Facebook, told he was not sure whether Facebook can filter the information in a way other lawyers were proposing. Judge Morin exclaimed, prompting much laughter in the courtroom.

Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia information before investigators can analyze it further

Facebook scrubbed thousands of posts shared during the 2016 campaign with accounts link to Russia. Facebook removed thousands of posts shared during the 2016 election with accounts link to Russia after a Columbia University social-media researcher, Jonathan Albright, used the company's data-analytics tool to examine the reach of the Russian accounts. "Facebook is cooperating fully with Fed investigations and are providing info to the relevant authorities," the spokesman told in a statement. "We identified and fixed a bug in CrowdTangle which allowed users to see cached data from inactive Facebook Pages. That is what Albright told was his mission the time he downloaded the final 500 posts shared with 6 accounts which Facebook has approved were operating out of Russia.

Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia data before researchers could analyze it further




Facebook takes drop information and thousands of posts, obscuring reach of Russian disinformation

They too had scrubbed from the net almost everything — thousands of Facebook posts and the related information — which had made the work possible. "This is public interest data," Albright told Wednesday, expressing frustration which such a rich trove of information had disappeared — or at least moved somewhere the public can't see it. Last week, 2 other investigators who had been working with the Facebook data, Joan Donovan and Becca Lewis of the nonprofit information and community Institute, too noticed which it had suddenly disappeared. Suddenly, anybody with an net connection can see the numbers Albright had compiled and the 3,000 toll free Facebook posts which he had downloaded. The CrowdTangle data, Karpf argued, is a weak proxy for the generality important questions about how many American voters saw the content and how it affected their political choices.

Facebook takes down data and thousands of posts, obscuring reach of Russian disinformation

Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia information before investigators can analyze it further

as mentioned in "Have you given thought to sort of the expansive nature of some of these Facebook accounts and what's contained in them?" Morin told he's considering a similar process with Facebook, at least for some of the information involved. Facebook objected to the gag, however in April a judge turned drop their request to lift the order. One humorous moment came after Perkins Coie attorney John Roche, representing Facebook, told he was not sure whether Facebook can filter the information in a way other lawyers were proposing. Judge Morin exclaimed, prompting much laughter in the courtroom.

Judge wrestles with request for Facebook information on inaugural protest

Facebook scrubbed thousands of posts shared during the 2016 campaign with accounts link to Russia. Facebook removed thousands of posts shared during the 2016 election with accounts link to Russia after a Columbia University social-media researcher, Jonathan Albright, used the company's data-analytics tool to examine the reach of the Russian accounts. "Facebook is cooperating fully with Fed investigations and are providing info to the relevant authorities," the spokesman told in a statement. "We identified and fixed a bug in CrowdTangle which allowed users to see cached data from inactive Facebook Pages. That is what Albright told was his mission the time he downloaded the final 500 posts shared with 6 accounts which Facebook has approved were operating out of Russia.

Facebook scrubbed potentially damning Russia data before researchers could analyze it further




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