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FILE PHOTO: Facebook app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic\/Illustration\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers pressed Facebook Inc on Monday on why it disabled the accounts of researchers studying political ads on the social media platform, saying it was \u201cimperative\u201d that experts be allowed to look into \u201charmful activity … proliferating on its platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook said on Tuesday it had cut off the personal accounts and access of a group of New York University researchers, citing concerns about other users\u2019 privacy.<\/p>\n

Senators Amy Klobuchar, Mark Warner and Chris Coons pressed Facebook in a letter to Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to answer a series of questions. These include how many researchers or journalists have had their accounts disabled this year, why, and how was Facebook changing its terms of service to better accommodate research.<\/p>\n

Facebook has said that the research violated rules to protect the privacy of the social media company\u2019s users.<\/p>\n

Facebook paid a record $5 billion fine in 2019 to resolve allegations it had violated a Federal Trade Commission consent order by misleading users about how much control they had over their personal data.<\/p>\n

Separately, the FTC sued Facebook in December for allegedly violating antitrust law. That complaint was dismissed and the agency has an Aug. 19 deadline to refile it.<\/p>\n

In the letter, the lawmakers also asked how the NYU researchers\u2019 work hurt people\u2019s privacy. They referenced a letter from Samuel Levine, the FTC\u2019s acting director of consumer protection, which said the NYU research did not violate a consent agreement between the agency and Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoes Facebook intend to restore the Ad Observatory researchers\u2019 access?\u201d the lawmakers asked, giving the company until Aug. 20 to reply.<\/p>\n

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