Facebook Tells NYU To Halt Political Research Project
- by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, October 25, 2020
Citing a policy against data scraping, Facebook has told NYU researchers to halt a project that explores political ads on the platform.
The NYU initiative, AdObservatory, relies on data gathered through the downloadable AdObserver browser extension, which enables researchers to evaluate ad spending, transparency and other matters related to …
