Facebook has responded to critical feedback about its user experiments by announcing_new policies that include clearer guidelines, a panel for reviewing proposed research and new training for employees. Back in June, Facebook faced a backlash from users after researchers published a paper detailing emotional experiments the company had conducted on its users. In the study, Facebook tweaked its News Feed algorithm to show some users more negative posts in order to see how they would react. Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg later apologized for the company’s poor communication regarding the project. In a news release today, Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer detailed...
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