As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Author: Vindu Goel; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2014. The following article focuses on issues prompted by controversial studies by Facebook. The first, in 2014, measured how users’ emotions were impacted by an adjustment to the kind of content appearing in their news feed. The second, from 2010, sent notifications to users reminding them to vote, and found that notifications that showed a list…