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Ars Technica Security
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July 25, 2026 at 10:45 UTC
Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
By Anna Desmarais, wired.com
AI Summary
European researchers accuse TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and Meta of failing to provide data they are legally obligated to share under EU regulations, obstructing academic study of social media's societal effects. While not a direct technical security issue, non-compliance with the EU Digital Services Act has implications for platform transparency and regulatory enforcement that affect how threat intelligence researchers access abuse data. The stonewalling creates gaps in independent monitoring of disinformation and coordinated inauthentic behavior on major platforms.
Relevance score: 45.0/100
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