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+This document contains references to all instances of unethical human
+experimentation committed by social media companies. The credit for this
+of course goes to the respective authors who have done the real work of
+documenting these crimes against humanity.
+
+So there is no confusion, I define "unethical human experimentation" by
+the ten points of the Nuremberg Code (emphasis my own).
+
+Content is directly from:
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Code#The_ten_points_of_the_Nuremberg_Code
+
+
+
+1. *The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential.*
+   This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to
+   give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free
+   power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force,
+   fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of
+   constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and
+   comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to
+   enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. This
+   latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmative
+   decision by the experimental subject there *should be made known to
+   him the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment*; the method
+   and means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and
+   hazards reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon his health or
+   person which may possibly come from his participation in the
+   experiment. The duty and responsibility for ascertaining the quality
+   of the consent rests upon each individual who initiates, directs, or
+   engages in the experiment. It is a personal duty and responsibility
+   which may not be delegated to another with impunity.
+2. The experiment should be such as to yield *fruitful results for the
+   good of society*, unprocurable by other methods or means of study, and
+   not random and unnecessary in nature.
+3. The experiment should be so designed and based on the results of
+   animal experimentation and a knowledge of the natural history of the
+   disease or other problem under study that the anticipated results
+   will justify the performance of the experiment.
+4. The experiment should be so conducted as to **avoid all unnecessary
+   physical and mental suffering and injury**.
+5. No experiment should be conducted where there is an a priori reason
+   to believe that death or disabling injury will occur; except,
+   perhaps, in those experiments where the experimental physicians also
+   serve as subjects.
+6. The degree of risk to be taken should never exceed that determined by
+   the humanitarian importance of the problem to be solved by the
+   experiment.
+7. **Proper preparations should be made and adequate facilities provided
+   to protect the experimental subject against even remote possibilities
+   of injury, disability, or death.**
+8. *The experiment should be conducted only by scientifically qualified
+   persons*. The highest degree of skill and care should be required
+   through all stages of the experiment of those who conduct or engage
+   in the experiment.
+9. **During the course of the experiment the human subject should be at
+   liberty to bring the experiment to an end if he has reached the
+   physical or mental state where continuation of the experiment seems
+   to him to be impossible.**
+10. During the course of the experiment the scientist in charge must be
+    prepared to terminate the experiment at any stage, if he has
+    probable cause to believe, in the exercise of the good faith,
+    superior skill and careful judgment required of him that a
+    continuation of the experiment is likely to result in injury,
+    disability, or death to the experimental subject.
+
+
+## INSTAGRAM (META)