EU regulators question Meta about the shutdown of CrowdTangle

Meta's decision to shut down CrowdTangle, an analytics tool that was an "invaluable" resource to the research community, is drawing fresh scrutiny from European Union regulators. The EU Commission, which had already raised concerns about the social network's plan to discontinue the tool ahead of global elections in 2024, is now pressing Meta for more details about its work with researchers. The EU Commission previously cited the impending shutdown of CrowdTangle as part of a broader investigatio...