Facebook Emotion Study

• OKCupid admits it manipulated feeds for experiments

  Popular dating site OKCupid has come to Facebook’s defence, admitting it too manipulates user feeds to experiment on people.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2014
  
• Could you give up Facebook for 99 days? Group launches social experiment

  A new campaign called 99 Days of Freedom calls on users to give up Facebook for 90 days and then report back to see if their Facebook vacation made them happier.

  Lifestyle

  Jul 10, 2014
  
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• Will Facebook lose users over its emotion manipulation study?

  Many Facebook users are considering deleting their accounts following outrage over a controversial study in which Facebook manipulated users’ newsfeeds.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2014
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• Journal that published Facebook’s emotion study expresses concern over methods

  The scientific journal that published a study by Facebook and two U.S. universities examining people's online mood swings regrets how the social experiment was handled.

  Tech

  Jul 4, 2014
• Privacy czar looking into Facebook’s emotion manipulation study

  As outrage over Facebook’s emotion manipulation study grows amongst users, Canada’s privacy watchdog is calling on the social networking site to release further details about the controversial research.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2014
• UK opens probe into Facebook’s psych experiment

  British regulators are investigating revelations that Facebook treated hordes of its users like laboratory rats in an experiment probing into their emotions.

  Tech

  Jul 3, 2014
• Facebook’s emotion manipulation study sparks criticism

  Facebook is facing fierce criticism after it was revealed the social network conducted a psychological experiment on nearly 700,000 users without their knowledge.

  Tech

  Jun 30, 2014