ICYMI, numerous internet researchers — lead by AoIR president Axel Bruns — recently published an op-ed warning that Facebook’s recent changes that restrict access to data via APIs threaten to hamper research and oversight of the social network (and likely won't do much to protect user privacy). Read the op-ed at Internet Policy Review: https://policyreview.info/articles/news/facebook-shuts-gate-after-horse-has-... And related coverage at The Guardian: https://policyreview.info/articles/news/facebook-shuts-gate-after-horse-has-... Thanks, Axel, for leading this charge! Michael Zimmer -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm@uwm.edu<mailto:zimmerm@uwm.edu> t: @michaelzimmer w: www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org>