Meta Platforms will keep its research tool CrowdTangle alive through the midterm elections, but is planning to eventually shut it down, Bloomberg reports. The tool, which is used by publishers, researchers, marketers and fact-checkers to track popular posts on Facebook and Instagram—and which has become a valuable resource for tracking the spread of misinformation—has been in limbo for some...
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