Following the last election "we need to have independent research to understand our role in elections"

Yep. And not just in . ~91% of FB users are outside USA

"You don't understand (because you have almost no data) but here are some numbers in a blog post" doesn't cut it 1/3

And then, to channel @evelyndouek, for all FB's limitations, Crowdtangle and a blog post is at least something.

What do we have on e.g. YouTube? (About as widely used in the US as Facebook).

Very little data/transparency is still more than almost no data/transparency.

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Read Facebook's post (by nothing less than a "Chief Marketing Officer" - and VP of Analytics) here https://about.fb.com/news/2020/11/what-do-people-actually-see-on-facebook-in-the-us/

@BridgetOBarrett has a great thread with more liks on the post here: https://twitter.com/BridgetOBarrett/status/1326517464486830080

And here what I am waiting for https://medium.com/@2020_election_research_project/a-proposal-for-understanding-social-medias-impact-on-elections-4ca5b7aae10

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