Question: The article states that participation in the experiment was consistent with Facebook's Data Use Policy, to which all users agree prior to creating an account
The article states that participation in the experiment "was consistent with Facebook's Data Use Policy, to which all users agree prior to creating an account on Facebook, constituting informed consent for this research."
How does agreeing to Facebook's terms and conditions at the time of account creation differ from the ethics requirertents for human research referred to as the "Common Rule"?
There is no ethical issue because by agreeing to Facebook's terms and conditions at the time of account creation includes giving full consent to freely participate in any experiment on Facebook.
Agreeing to Facebook's terms and conditions at the time of account creation does not include giving informed consent to participate in any study without permisson or notification to the participants.
The study was conducted ethically because Facebook users can always be subjects of any type of experiment, since it is part of Facebook's terms and conditions.
There is no difference between giving informed consent and agreeing to Facebook's Data Use Policy.
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