This may or may not be a useful technology, but the fact that Facebook thinks they have the ability and the right to diagnose their users with mental illnesses is disturbing. They have more information about their users than psychologists have about their patients. They can (and do) build a psychological profile and diagnose mental illness. Yet rather than keeping this information in the closest confidence, they sell it to the highest bidder. They can (and do) run experiments without getting informed consent (or any consent).
They're playing psychologist and should be subject to a similar code of ethics.
They're playing psychologist and should be subject to a similar code of ethics.
Another interesting article:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/201...