The Laboratorium : Facebook and OkCupid's Experiments Were Illegal

data_society's bookmarks 2014-09-23

Summary:

You may remember Facebook’s experiment with emotionally manipulating its users by manipulating their News Feeds. And OkCupid’s experiment with lying to users about their compatibility with each other. And the withering criticism directed at both companies. (I maintain an archive...

Link:

http://laboratorium.net/archive/2014/09/23/facebook_and_okcupids_experiments_were_illegal

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Authors:

James Grimmelmann

Date tagged:

09/23/2014, 19:20

Date published:

09/23/2014, 19:03