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<\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/82330\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/senator-urges-meta-ceo-to-maintain-election-research-partnerships.jpg?resize=640%2C426&ssl=1\" class=\"single-article__cover-image wp-post-image\" alt decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" 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(Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"41.581959262852\"><body readability=\"83.982122905028\"><\/p>\n<p>A Democratic Senator is pressing Meta to continue partnering with independent researchers to study the impact of their platforms on the 2024 elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent Tuesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., praised the company\u2019s U.S. 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.facebook.com\/2020-election-research\/\">Facebook and Instagram Election Study<\/a>, which opened up Meta\u2019s platform and algorithm to study by outside academics and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Markey praised collaborations that \u201cproduced high-quality and informative studies on Facebook and Instagram\u2019s political impact\u201d on the 2020 elections.. However, he expressed concern that Meta might not repeat the project this cycle, as it has reduced staffing on its trust and safety teams responsible for content moderation and discontinued CrowdTangle, a tool used by researchers to study disinformation and influence operations on its platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I recently learned that Meta is not undertaking a similar initiative this election cycle,\u201d Markey wrote, adding \u201cI urge Meta to reconsider any effort to limit transparency into and independent research on its platforms\u2019 impact on our political system.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> Reducing collaboration with researchers during a presidential election year amid widespread doubts about election integrity and both foreign and domestic actors flooding social media with fake and inflammatory content would be \u201canother setback for transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the presidential election just a week away, it may be too late to conduct the exact same type of research as was done under the 2020 initiative, but Meta still has significant data that can shed light on its impact on this election,\u201d Markey continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meta spokesperson Corey Chambliss told CyberScoop that the company\u2019s US 2020 project \u201cis still ongoing and multiple academic papers haven\u2019t been published yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeta remains committed to working with the research community in a variety of ways and encourages other social media companies to do the same,\u201d wrote Chambliss.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow up exchange, Chambliss clarified that Meta\u2019s statement does not outline the company\u2019s plans for working with researchers on the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Critics and disinformation experts have complained that Meta, along with many other social media platforms, has significantly reduced its transparency and election integrity efforts. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-04\/democracy_deferred_free_press_report_final.pdf\">report<\/a> in April from Free Press, a non-profit dedicated to promoting democracy in media coverage, gave Meta an \u201cinsufficient\u201d grade for its election integrity efforts in 2024, citing broad cuts to trust and safety staff, not addressing false 2020 election claims, and \u201copaque and clunky\u201d research tools that hinder researchers\u2019 ability to use the company\u2019s API. <\/p>\n<p>But the most important and constant throughline in Free Press\u2019 critiques is an overall lack of transparency, claiming the company \u201cmakes it nearly impossible to understand how it deals with an array of problematic content, whether through labeling and other friction, downranking or removal, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For researchers attempting to gain clarity on this issue, sifting through Meta\u2019s responses \u201cis like trying to find one\u2019s way through a forest of ever-changing policy updates, contradictory community standards, newsroom announcements, blog posts, Terms of Service, business centers, advertising centers, help or customer-support centers, and more,\u201d wrote researchers Nora Benavidez and Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n<p> You can read Markey\u2019s full letter below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.6169429097606\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/senator-urges-meta-ceo-to-maintain-election-research-partnerships-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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(Photo by Bryan R. Smith \/ AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"1.8461538461538\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/2024-election-officials-angry-voters-disinformation\/\"> Election offices are preparing for a smooth voting process \u2014 and angry voters <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> Officials said they\u2019ve put in place multiple new procedures specifically to deal with claims of election malfeasance and fraud from local voters. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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The hearing examined \u201cAmerican Confidence in Elections\u201d while looking forward to the 2024 Presidential Election in just under two months. (Photo by Bonnie Cash\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/cybersecurity-disinformation-dominates-hearing-on-elections\/\"> Cybersecurity, disinformation dominates hearing on elections <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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