Official line
CrowdTangle is being deprecated; new tools via Meta Content Library.
Meta · Developer Tools · Product
CrowdTangle
Discontinued
2011–2024 · 13 years in market
Launched
Jan 1, 2011
Discontinued
Aug 14, 2024
Cause of death
Strategic refocus
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
The transparency tool researchers and journalists used to watch Facebook. Shut in a political storm.
Why it died
Editorial reading
A product that made Facebook look bad internally was never going to be loved internally.
Founder takeaway
Transparency products need independence. If the platform owns the flashlight, it will dim it.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
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