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The graph search tool introduced in 2013 allowed users to search for posts and other content.
Facebook has curbed access to a controversial feature allowing searches of the vast content within the social network - a tool which raised privacy concerns but was also used for research and investigative journalism.
The leading social network acknowledged this week it had "paused" some elements of its "graph search," a feature introduced in 2013 which has sparked criticism for allowing posts and other content to be unearthed with a simple query.
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