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by toomanybeersies 3104 days ago
Facebook performs secret psychological experiments on its users by manipulating their news feed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/02/facebook-...

I would say without their consent, but it's likely there is a clause buried in the user agreement that means that you consent to it.

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If their users did not read that clause in the user agreement and knowingly consent to the experiments, then they are being carried out without the users' consent.
Are EULA’s still legally binding? I thought there was a recent case against that.
hence why the question should be about informed consent.