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Facebook permitted researchers to alter data feeds without users' permission

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Multiple news reports and a published academic study confirm that Facebook permitted researchers to manipulate the news feeds of hundreds of thousands of users without their explicit knowledge or consent.

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skeptics.stackexchange.com: Did Facebook permit researchers to alter data feeds without users ...

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Confirms Facebook allowed scientists to conduct a psychological experiment by tweaking user news feeds.

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pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks

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The PNAS paper by Facebook researchers documents the massive-scale emotional contagion experiment via News Feeds.

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first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 7501 Aug 2026

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