Social Media Newsfeed: Facebook Moods Study | Twitter Buys Tap Commerce

Facebook emotional manipulation study editor at Princeton had ethical concerns. Twitter buys ad-tech startup Tap Commerce. These stories, and more, in today's Morning Social Media Newsfeed.

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NewFacebookLogoControversy Over Facebook Emotional Manipulation Study Grows As Timeline Becomes More Clear (Forbes)
In a controversial study Facebook reported the results of a massive psychological experiment on 689,003 users. Most of us who covered the story relied on that statement from the academic journal for evidence of Facebook’s efforts to gain informed consent. Well, it turns out that was wrong. NBC News “Facebook could be doing this sort of manipulation all the time, and the fact is they probably are,” Adi Kamdar, activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told NBC News.

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