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>“Scraping tools, no matter how well-intentioned, are not a permissible means of collecting information from us,” said the letter Well that's quite nice that F
by finnthehuman 6y ago
>“Scraping tools, no matter how well-intentioned, are not a permissible means of collecting information from us,” said the letter
Well that's quite nice that Facebook understands their intentions are positive, surely Facebook will just supply then the data directly instead!
- yaacov 6y agoFacebook giving data to researchers who promise to behave is how we got the whole Cambridge Analytica mess.
- throwaway2048 6y agoI'm sure that's their concern here, not covering their asses.
- chillee 6y agoIn this case, I think the 2 are aligned.
- nerdponx 6y agoNYU Ad Observatory is overseen by a research university with an IRB, and also operates in plain view of the public.
- rmrfstar 6y ago> by a research university with an IRB Let's not forget that Facebook is a company that tormented an employee so severely he killed himself at the office [1]. [1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvgn9q/do-not-discuss-the-incident-facebook-told-employee-fired-after-speaking-about-worker-suicide https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvgn9q/do-not-discuss-the-in...
- Grimm1 6y agoI think NYU should push them on this. Another high profile case protecting scraping would be great. Also in this case proud to be an NYU alum, great response from the researchers.
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