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"Other platforms have granted us access to systematically track public debates on their platforms, but X has refused to do so," said DRI's Michael Meyer-Resende

"Other platforms have granted us access to systematically track public debates on their platforms, but X has refused to do so," said DRI's Michael Meyer-Resende in a statement on Wednesday, announcing the lawsuit. What others share just info for free?

cess11 2y ago
Perhaps there are fees involved, perhaps not, but yes, they do election monitoring on other services: https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/global/collection?tag=social-media-monitoring https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/global/collection?... Here's the press release TFA is based on: https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/EU/news/court-orders-x-to-allow-our-research-on-the-german-elections https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/EU/news/court-orde...
warkdarrior 2y ago
Facebook has its Researcher Platform for vetted academics: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/researcher-platform/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/researcher-platform/
throwaway_20357 2y ago
There is also the Meta Content Library and API (https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/researchtools/meta-content-library/ https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/researchtools/meta-conte...) although that seems to contain only a subset of the data.
ben_w 2y ago
> What others share just info for free? Given it's a legal obligation? The ones whose boss isn't personally interfering with a foreign election.
- ivewonyoung 2y ago
  Where can we download that data you're referring to?
  - protimewaster 2y ago
    I assume it varies by platform. Meta has a service that makes data available to vetted academic researchers, for example, so keep in mind that "available to researchers" does not necessarily mean that one can just post a link to it on Hacker News. If there's a specific platform you're thinking of, there's probably someone in here that can direct you to the right place. What platform are you thinking of?
  - pavlov 2y ago
    Meta provides data to qualified researchers, which seems to satisfy the European law.

cess11 2y ago

Perhaps there are fees involved, perhaps not, but yes, they do election monitoring on other services: https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/global/collection?tag=social-media-monitoring https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/global/collection?... Here's the press release TFA is based on: https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/EU/news/court-orders-x-to-allow-our-research-on-the-german-elections https://democracy-reporting.org/en/office/EU/news/court-orde...

warkdarrior 2y ago

Facebook has its Researcher Platform for vetted academics: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/researcher-platform/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/researcher-platform/

throwaway_20357 2y ago

There is also the Meta Content Library and API (https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/researchtools/meta-content-library/ https://transparency.meta.com/en-gb/researchtools/meta-conte...) although that seems to contain only a subset of the data.

ben_w 2y ago

> What others share just info for free? Given it's a legal obligation? The ones whose boss isn't personally interfering with a foreign election.

ivewonyoung 2y ago
Where can we download that data you're referring to?
- protimewaster 2y ago
  I assume it varies by platform. Meta has a service that makes data available to vetted academic researchers, for example, so keep in mind that "available to researchers" does not necessarily mean that one can just post a link to it on Hacker News. If there's a specific platform you're thinking of, there's probably someone in here that can direct you to the right place. What platform are you thinking of?
- pavlov 2y ago
  Meta provides data to qualified researchers, which seems to satisfy the European law.