Facebook Shuts Out NYU Academics’ Research on Political Ads

Facebook Shuts Out NYU Academics’ Research on Political Ads
The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York's Times Square, on March 29, 2018. Richard Drew/AP Photo File
The Associated Press
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Facebook has shut down the personal accounts of a pair of New York University researchers and shuttered their investigation into misinformation spread through political ads on the social network.

Facebook says the researchers violated its terms of service and were involved in unauthorized data collection from its massive network. The academics, however, say the company is attempting to exert control on research that paints it in a negative light.