Wired·5 min read·hard
European researchers want to study social media’s harms but can’t get the data
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Anna Desmarais
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European researchers are struggling to access TikTok data to study disinformation campaigns, specifically regarding political influence in Romania. Despite the Digital Services Act, TikTok denied access, even as the platform later identified thousands of fake accounts linked to political manipulation.
His posts, espousing hard-line views on immigration and anti-Semitic tropes, were viewed 120 million times before the vote. Georgescu, who had previously been polling in the single digits, stunned observers by winning the election’s first round with 23 percent of the vote.
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