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There is plenty of gray area in human protections law. Source: I'm a researcher who spent most of last week dealing with lawyers in multiple time zones on exact
by killjoywashere 8y ago
There is plenty of gray area in human protections law. Source: I'm a researcher who spent most of last week dealing with lawyers in multiple time zones on exactly how to write a bit of protocol in order to preserve the grey area (so as to avoid setting unnecessary precedent), while honoring the more stringent interpretation (to avoid even the appearance of skating onto thin ice).
Four years ago, having talked to some of the same lawyers about the same topic, none of us had any thought that it was a grey area. An a priori interpretation of the law was pretty clear: a more liberal position was (and is) perfectly legal. But the most anxious minds tend to prevail in these matters.
- specialist 8y agoI enthusiastically support requiring Facebook to have an IRB greenlight any user impacting changes they want to make. That's a terrific idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board
- rhizome 8y agoThere is plenty of gray area in human protections law. Of course, which is why the conversation continues. If it was settled at the beginning without nuance, it would be defined in black and white. I'm not sure how your reply relates, though, since I was merely imploring GP to demonstrate any awareness of the state of research rather than jumping in with a lazy question-comment. Elsewhere this is expressed by the slogan, "I'm 12 years old and what is this?"