Meta to shut down CrowdTangle August 14

Meta plans to shut down CrowdTangle in August and replace it with Meta Content Library, available to academic and nonprofit researchers, not news outlets. In an update on its website, Meta said “We let users know that CrowdTangle will no longer be available after August 14, 2024. This five-month notice period should give people time to complete any current projects they are using it for and, if eligible, to get up to speed with our new research tools, Meta Content Library and API, or others that serve their needs. People from qualified academic or nonprofit institutions who are pursuing scientific or public interest research can apply for access to these tools through the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan. Meta Content Library and API are designed to give researchers access to comprehensive, publicly-accessible content across Facebook and Instagram. In April, researchers will be able to download publicly-accessible content posted by widely-known figures and organizations, and ‘comments’ will be added as a new data type within ICPSR’s virtual clean room. We will continue to gather feedback from researchers and add new features and datasets over time.”