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by crakhamster01 6y ago
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-elections/facebook-partners-with-external-researchers-to-study-its-impact-during-u-s-election-idUSKBN25R301 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-elections/facebo...
> Facebook Inc said on Monday it is partnering with external researchers to examine the impact of the social media site on society during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
The initiative expands on its Social Science One project with academics who study political impacts of social media.
A group of 17 independent researchers from the fields of elections, democracy and social media will now work with internal Facebook data scientists to design the studies.
The company expects between 200,000 and 400,000 users to opt into the project, which will log what they see and how they behave on Facebook and Instagram.
- waihtis 6y ago> The company expects between 200,000 and 400,000 users to opt into the project, which will log what they see and how they behave on Facebook and Instagram. > It will introduce targeted changes to some participants’ experiences, such as advertising or types of posts shown to them. This doesn't seem to match the image posted here.
- crakhamster01 6y agoThanks for the call out. That Reuters article was referencing the broader project that the opt-in survey is a part of. More details about the specific researchers and their motivations can be seen in the FAQ of the official post: https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/research-impact-of-facebook-and-instagram-on-us-election/ https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/research-impact-of-faceboo...