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Grimley

So Facebook apparently thinks that their use policy is equivalent to informed consent for the purpose of conducting clinical studies...wow.
Jun 29 2014 09:25 AM
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    Sweeney
    Terms of Service are not legally sound documents.
    Jun 29 2014 11:46 AM
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    Sweeney
    Nor are they relevant to the question of research ethics.
    Jun 29 2014 11:46 AM
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    EverKaia
    I agree with Swe and @Kord. Anyone who has done any sort of scientific research or read about various psychological studies KNOWS that you have to plop down a pen and paper in front of your subjects and say, "Read and sign." Even hospitals are smart enough to give you consent papers, even though it's implied that you want to be treated when you're sitting on an ER bed puking your brains out.

    No, Ivy, I think you've lost on this one. In fact, I might venture to say that someone (or even a class) would be well within their/its rights to file a lawsuit. (But I'm not sure, given that I didn't finish the first semester of paralegal school.)
    Jun 29 2014 09:08 PM