Participatory approaches should be used to address the ethics of social media experiments.

Straub VJ., Burton JW.

The use of social media field experiments has led to calls for revised ethical guidelines—but none have stuck. A participatory governance approach, similar to developments in AI, can improve practices and collectively align the interests of researchers, platforms and users.

DOI

10.1038/s44271-025-00204-x

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2025-02-21T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

3

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