Facebook’s Secret Experiment: The Era of Manipulation Has Begun

By Tekla Perry

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Last week, the news began spreading that Facebook, in the name of research, had manipulated users news feeds for a week back in 2012, skewing the distribution of posts to determine the impact on the users’ moods. Over the weekend, the rumble turned into an outcry, with privacy activist Lauren Weinstein tweeting “I wonder if Facebook killed anyone with their emotion manipulation stunt.” ….[Read more]