[mschuster91]

> The framing of A/B testing as a "silent experimentation on users" and invoking Meta is a little much.

No. Users aren't free test guinea pigs. A/B testing cannot be done ethically unless you actively point out to users that they are being A/B tested and offering the users a way to opt out, but that in turn ruins a large part of the promise behind A/B tests.

[bcrl]

Please name a computer science program that has an ethics component.

Yes, I wish software developers were more like actual engineers in this regard.

[gnabgib]

All Computer Engineering & Systems Engineering programs in Canada require two ethics components (once at graduation, once at P.Eng)

[ryandrake]

Sadly, in the USA, I believe most engineering ethics classes are optional electives, and it shows when you look at the graduating student body today.

[saltcured]

Yeah, and if you don't already have an IRB, your organization probably isn't ready to be doing such things responsibly...

[mschuster91]

Meta has had an IRB for well over a decade (following a scandal where they used their users as lab rats) and that didn't stop them from doing any of the BS they did ever since.