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Meta and TikTok are obstructing researchers' access to data, EU commission rules

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187 points anigbrowl | 1 comments | 29 Oct 25 22:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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SilverElfin ◴[29 Oct 25 23:34 UTC] No.45754528[source]▶
Sorry but this sounds like a privacy nightmare. No one should trust random researchers with mountains of data. They clearly won’t know how to secure it. But also the angle of trying to police information and elections is disturbing, especially after several instances of the EU interfering in elections in recent times.
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anigbrowl ◴[30 Oct 25 00:42 UTC] No.45755062[source]▶
The platforms themselves strike many as a privacy nightmare. I'm not aware of any mass data breaches that can be attributed to poor academic security in recent memory.

instances of the EU interfering in elections

Do tell.

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1. loeg ◴[30 Oct 25 01:32 UTC] No.45755416[source]▶
Eh. Users choose to use the platform. Users concerned about privacy don't have to use it.

How can I, an end user who doesn't trust the ability of these researchers to keep my data private, prevent the platform from sharing my data with them?