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Can you provide evidence that [non-social] media companies have performed research specifically to see if they can make people sadder, similar to what was descr

• terminalshort 9mo ago
  Turn on cable news for a minute and it's quite obvious that it is designed to make you angry. What difference does it make if they performed research or not?
  • anonymars 9mo ago
    Because it's the whole topic of this conversation > "From history we know that research left unchecked and unrestricted can start leading to some really dark and horrible things. Right now I think it's a problem that social media companies can do research without answering to the same regulatory bodies that regular academics / researchers would. For example, they don't have to answer to independant ethics committees / reviews. They're free to experiement as they like on the entire population." For example maybe next they decide to research whether they can influence body dysmorphia, or suicide