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Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions
Posted: 30 Jun 2014, 09:25
by Pedro-NF
Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions
Protests over secret study involving 689,000 users in which friends' postings were moved to influence moods.
Re: Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions
Posted: 30 Jun 2014, 09:28
by Pedro-NF
Facebook emotion study breached ethical guidelines, researchers say
Lack of "informed consent" means that Facebook experiment on nearly 700,000 news feeds broke rules on tests on human subjects, say scientists.
Re: Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions
Posted: 01 Jul 2014, 04:21
by Pedro-NF
How does Facebook decide what to show in my news feed?
Controversial emotion study is a reminder that the social network's filters are constantly at work in the background.
Re: Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions
Posted: 02 Jul 2014, 21:26
by Pedro-NF
Facebook apologises for psychological experiments on users
The second most powerful executive at the company, Sheryl Sandberg, says experiments were "poorly communicated".
Re: Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions
Posted: 04 Jul 2014, 18:16
by Pedro-NF
Privacy watchdog files complaint over Facebook emotion experiment
US privacy pressure group files complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission over use of user data without consent.