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[ NNSquad ] Facebook purposely manipulated news feeds to experiment with users' emotions


Facebook purposely manipulated news feeds to experiment with users' emotions

(Atlantic): http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/even-the-editor-of-facebooks-mood-study-thought-it-was-creepy/373649/

     "And yet there's something new-level creepy about a recent study that
      shows Facebook manipulated what users saw when they logged into the
      site as a way to study how it would affect their moods."

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If this isn't enough to get you off of Facebook, frankly I don't know what is.
 
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
I am a consultant to Google -- I speak only for myself, not for them.
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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