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Watching two billion people

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Summary The global use of the internet and social media platforms like Facebook offers unprecedented opportunities to study human behaviour with the help of big data and automated investigations. However,… Click to show full abstract

Summary The global use of the internet and social media platforms like Facebook offers unprecedented opportunities to study human behaviour with the help of big data and automated investigations. However, as recent events demonstrate, similar approaches can also be misused to manipulate people and political processes. New ethical norms may be required. Michael Gross reports.

Keywords: watching two; two billion; biology; billion people

Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2018

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