Mood study prompts Facebook research policy changeOctober 3, 2014 - 14:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook has announced that it is changing its policy on research in light of the controversial News Feed mood study it conducted in 2012, Digital Spy said. In June, it emerged that the social network had conducted a secret test on almost 700,000 users, to establish the effects of being exposed to positive and negative status updates. The revelation was heavily criticised by many, prompting an apology from the social media giant. Three months on, Facebook has set out a new policy on the way it does experiments, which will include a new "enhanced review process" before any research takes place and a panel to ensure guidelines are met. "It is clear now that there are things we should have done differently," Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer admitted in a blog post. "For example, we should have considered other non-experimental ways to do this research. The research would also have benefited from more extensive review by a wider and more senior group of people." New engineers will also have to undergo a six-week research education training programme from now on, while all of Facebook's research activity will now be published in one place online, which it promises to update regularly. Photo: AP Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |