A secret experiment on people’s moods
Admitted. Meta acknowledged it, apologized, or published it itself. How evidence is labeled
For one week in January 2012, Facebook changed how much positive or negative content people saw in their feeds, then measured whether their own posts turned happier or sadder. They were not told. Facebook’s researchers published the results in 2014.
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