Social Science One is an academic organization based at Harvard University, co-chaired by Gary King and Ken Benoit.
At its launch, Vox reported that Facebook established Social Science One to prevent future events similar to the scandal and also as a public relations response to that problem.
[5] Social Science One, Facebook and affiliated academics have frequently discussed the unanticipated difficulty of obtaining the datasets originally planned and the attendant delay in data availability.
[5] On December 11, 2019, addressing the delayed availability of data the Co-Chairs and European Advisory Committee of Social Science One made a public statement "The current situation is untenable.
[13] In addition, the organization is facilitating a partnership between Harvard University researchers and Microsoft to develop differential privacy algorithms.