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    The PNAS is publishing an Editorial Expression of Concern regarding a 2014 article about emotional contagion on social networks. Questions have been raised about whether participants provided informed consent and could opt-out of the research conducted using Facebook data. While Facebook was not obligated to follow human subjects research rules as a private company collecting internal data, obtaining consent and allowing opt-out are best practices. The PNAS editors are concerned the data collection may not have fully respected these principles.

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    Editorial Expression of Concern

    PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES


    PNAS is publishing an Editorial Expression of Concern re-
    garding the following article: Experimental evidence of massive-
    scale emotional contagion through social networks, by Adam D. I.
    Kramer, Jamie E. Guillory, and Jeffrey T. Hancock, which
    appeared in issue 24, June 17, 2014, of Proc Natl Acad Sci
    USA (111:87888790; first published June 2, 2014; 10.1073/
    pnas.1320040111). This paper represents an important and emerg-
    ing area of social science research that needs to be approached
    with sensitivity and with vigilance regarding personal privacy issues.
    Questions have been raised about the principles of informed
    consent and opportunity to opt out in connection with the re-
    search in this paper. The authors noted in their paper, [The
    work] was consistent with Facebooks Data Use Policy, to which
    all users agree prior to creating an account on Facebook, con-
    stituting informed consent for this research. When the authors
    prepared their paper for publication in PNAS, they stated that:
    Because this experiment was conducted by Facebook, Inc. for
    internal purposes, the Cornell University IRB [Institutional Re-
    view Board] determined that the project did not fall under Cor-
    nells Human Research Protection Program. This statement has
    since been confirmed by Cornell University.
    Obtaining informed consent and allowing participants to opt
    out are best practices in most instances under the US Department
    of Health and Human Services Policy for the Protection of Human
    Research Subjects (the Common Rule). Adherence to the Com-
    mon Rule is PNAS policy, but as a private company Facebook was
    under no obligation to conform to the provisions of the Common
    Rule when it collected the data used by the authors, and the
    Common Rule does not preclude their use of the data. Based on
    the information provided by the authors, PNAS editors deemed
    it appropriate to publish the paper. It is nevertheless a matter of
    concern that the collection of the data by Facebook may have
    involved practices that were not fully consistent with the prin-
    ciples of obtaining informed consent and allowing participants
    to opt out.
    Inder M. Verma
    Editor-in-Chief
    www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1412469111
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