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

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187 points anigbrowl | 2 comments | 29 Oct 25 22:54 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dmix ◴[29 Oct 25 23:46 UTC] No.45754615[source]▶
I'd hate to be the engineer that has to deal with these requests. Not even a formal government investigation, just any number of random 3rd party researchers demanding specialized access.
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pms ◴[30 Oct 25 00:08 UTC] No.45754779[source]▶
If applications and datasets are fragmented, then that's going to be a nightmare for all stakeholders, including:

* researchers, because they will have to write data access applications, including a sufficient description of planned safeguards, detailed enough to the point that their university is ready to take a legal liability (and you can imagine how easy this will be), and

* digital service coordinators, because it will take ages for them to process applications from thousands of researchers each requesting a slightly different dataset.

In the end, we need to develop standardized datasets across platforms and to streamline data access processes so that they're safe and efficient.

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1. terminalshort ◴[30 Oct 25 02:00 UTC] No.45755600[source]▶
Who is this better for? Not me, the user, that's for damn sure. So instead of just sharing my data with Meta, now I have to share it with Meta and everybody in the damn world?
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2. frm88 ◴[30 Oct 25 08:11 UTC] No.45757525[source]▶
To be fair, by using Meta products, you already allow sharing with "the rest of the world" https://medium.com/@jeanhdmello/meta-doesnt-sell-your-data-d...