Facebook Draws Fire for Tinkering With Emotions

Facebook Tinkers With Users’ Emotions in News Feed Experiment, Stirring Outcry

Facebook Draws Fire for Tinkering With Emotions

By VINDU GOEL 9:06 PM ET

Last week Facebook revealed that it had manipulated the news feeds of over half a million users as part of a study examining how emotions can be spread on social media.

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