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There has been backlash against Facebook after it was involved in a psychology experiment that manipulated the news feeds of 700,000 users without their knowledge to see if "exposure to emotions led people to change their own posting behaviours" (i.e. if being exposed to negative posts meant users were more likely to post negative comments themselves).
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Backlash Against Facebook Psychology Experiment
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday June 30 2014, @06:47PM
The puzzle for me is I come from a long multigenerational line of railroadmen and when the .gov nationalized the railroads it was very easy to figure out which .gov took over which railroad, what land is the track located upon, etc.
But, say someone in .gov doesn't get their bribe and "they" nationalize FB. The question is... who is "they"? USA fedgov? Some country in the .eu gets grabby? .ru? The UN? Donno.
Theres a long "proud" history of human experimentation in the USA, like that syphilis experiment and some nuclear stuff and other stories. It'll fit right in here, so no need to offshore examples.
I suspect enough money is being spent on "lobbying" that this will not be a serious legal problem, no matter what they do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 30 2014, @09:38PM
If you're comparing this to syphilis and nuclear experiments done on people, you really need to log off Facebook and go for a walk outside and try to get some perspective back.