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You have probably heard about the extremely controversial Facebook "emotional contagion" study in which the company intentionally altered its news feed algorithm to see if it could manipulate its users' emotions; but here is where it starts to get really strange. Initially, the press release from Cornell highlighting the study said at the bottom: "The study was funded in part by the James S. McDonnell Foundation and the Army Research Office." Once people started asking questions about this, Cornell claimed it had made a mistake, and that there was no outside funding. Jay Rosen, Journalism Professor at NYU, seems to find this highly questionable.. and it gets even more interesting from there:
Was The Department Of Defense Behind Facebook?s Controversial Manipulation Study? | Zero Hedge
Was The Department Of Defense Behind Facebook?s Controversial Manipulation Study? | Zero Hedge
