Comment by ben_w

5 months ago

> What others share just info for free?

Given it's a legal obligation? The ones whose boss isn't personally interfering with a foreign election.

Where can we download that data you're referring to?

  • I assume it varies by platform. Meta has a service that makes data available to vetted academic researchers, for example, so keep in mind that "available to researchers" does not necessarily mean that one can just post a link to it on Hacker News.

    If there's a specific platform you're thinking of, there's probably someone in here that can direct you to the right place. What platform are you thinking of?

  • Meta provides data to qualified researchers, which seems to satisfy the European law.