• @TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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    569 hours ago

    The reason this is “The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation” is because it has exposed what Cambridge Analytica’s successors already realized and are actively exploiting. Just a few months ago it was literally Meta itself running AI accounts trying to pass off as normal users, and not an f-ing peep - why do people think they, the ones who enabled Cambridge Analytica, were trying this shit to begin with. The only difference now is that everyone doing it knows to do it as a “unaffiliated” anonymous third party.

    • @tauren@lemm.ee
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      17 hours ago

      Just a few months ago it was literally Meta itself…

      Well, it’s Meta. When it comes to science and academic research, they have rather strict rules and committees to ensure that an experiment is ethical.

      • @FarceOfWill@infosec.pub
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        66 hours ago

        The headline is that they advertised beauty products to girls after they detected them deleting a selfie. No ethics or morals at all

      • @thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe
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        24 hours ago

        You may wish to reword. The unspecified “they” reads like you think Meta have strict ethical rules. Lol.

        Meta have no ethics whatsoever, and yes I assume you meant universities have strict rules however the approval of this study marks even that as questionable