Commentary
Academic Research On Social's Effects On Elections Stymied By Facebook
- by Gavin O'Malley , Staff Writer @mp_gavin, August 29, 2019
While they don't directly impact Facebook’s bottom line, the company’s ties to academia add an air of respectability to its vast mobile data-grabbing practices.
Threatening those ties, the Social Science Research Council is accusing Facebook of jeopardizing an existing data-sharing initiative.
First announced by Facebook in 2018, the effort was …
Gavin O'Malley edits MediaPost's Mobile Marketing Daily and MoBlog column. Follow him: @mp_gavin. You can reach Gavin at gavin@mediapost.com.
