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Cambridge Analytica Controversy Must Spur Researchers to Update Data Ethics


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Misuse of information from Facebook users will trigger much-needed updates to data ethics.

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Revelations keep emerging in the Cambridge Analytica personal-data scandal, which has captured global public attention for more than a week. But when the dust settles, researchers harvesting data online will face greater scrutiny. And so they should.

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