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Facebook tightened the reins Thursday on its research methods in the wake of an outcry by members who felt manipulated by a secret study into how posts affect moods.
The world’s biggest social network announced that a panel of senior personnel from a range of teams was created to review proposed research projects, which will go through advanced scrutiny to make certain they fall within acceptable guidelines.
“We’re committed to doing research to make Facebook better, but we want to do it in the most responsible way,” chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer said in a blog post.
“We’re introducing a new framework that covers both internal work and research that might be published.”
Facebook said it is clarifying how studies should be handled and that it is making research practices part of its basic training program for employees of the California-based company.
Source: www.thenewage.co.za
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