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Facebook Deactivation Participants
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Description

This table includes platform data for Facebook participants in the Deactivation experiment. Each row of the dataset corresponds to data from a participant’s Facebook user account. Each column contains a value, or set of values, that aggregates log data for this specific participant over a certain period of time.

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Title
Facebook Deactivation Participants
Creator
Meta Platforms, Inc. Data Collector
Subject
Issued Date
2024-08-23
Modified Date
2024-11-22
Version
v2
Alternate Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3886/1asq-8s03
Status
Published
Access Rights
This dataset has two levels of access: Public and Restricted.
  • Public files can be downloaded directly from the dataset record. Typically, documentation files such as READMEs and codebooks are made public.
  • Restricted data files require a Restricted Data Application and will be accessed through a secure virtual data enclave. Learn more about applying for restricted data.
Funding Information
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Citation
Meta Platforms, Inc. Facebook Deactivation Participants. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-08-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/1asq-8s03
Record Appears in
U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study
Datasets
Facebook
Time Period
2020-09-01, 2020-12-31
Geographic Coverage
United States
Platform
Facebook
Collection Modes
user behavior tracking
Data Formats
web platform data
Design
This dataset is used to analyze the impact of access to Facebook during the election period. Participants were asked to not use Facebook for one week (control group) or six weeks (treatment group) starting September 24, 2020. See the codebook for additional details.
Additional Notes
The U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study (US 2020 FIES) is a partnership between Meta and academic researchers to understand the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes and behaviors during the US 2020 election.
Related Resources
The effects of Facebook and Instagram on the 2020 election: A deactivation experiment, Journal Article, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2321584121, DOI
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