Researchers Call Out Google for Limiting Data in Russia Report
- Internet firm gave the Senate data in hard-to-analyze formats
- Authors say Google needs to improve data disclosures
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A commissioned by the U.S. Senate to help explain how Russian agents use social networks to meddle in U.S. elections said researchers’ work was hampered by stingy data sharing by Alphabet Inc.
The report detailed how Russia’s plot to divide Americans and aid Donald Trump in the 2016 election was larger and more sophisticated than previously thought. If tech companies were more open, the study could have produced additional findings, the authors wrote.