Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy: We research misinformation on Facebook. It just disabled our accounts.

Facebook is using privacy as a pretext to squelch inconvenient research about the political ads it delivers.

(Nicholas Konrad | The New York Times)
We Research Misinformation on Facebook. It Just Disabled Our Accounts.

(Nicholas Konrad | The New York Times) We Research Misinformation on Facebook. It Just Disabled Our Accounts.

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