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Some social media companies\u2014including Facebook\u2014have run experiments to learn what influences user behavior.\u00a0Many of these experiments have troubled both social media users and privacy advocates, who worry that\u00a0this research and use of personal information is unethical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some social media companies\u2014including Facebook\u2014have run experiments to learn what influences user behavior.\u00a0Many of these experiments have troubled both social media users and privacy advocates, who worry that\u00a0this research and use of personal information is unethical. 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