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		csallen on June 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook's unethical experiment manipulated users'... Except Facebook didn't break into anyone's house. They changed their own algorithms on their own website that people visit voluntarily.

walterbell on June 29, 2014 [–]

Facebook is free to push boundaries, their customers and lawyers and regulators are free to differ.

http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2011/11/facebo...

csallen on June 29, 2014 | [–]

Totally agreed. I'd be surprised if there's any kind of legal action here with enough backbone to get a settlement out of Facebook, however.

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