However, I started having second thoughts, so what follows is to organize ideas and have it somewhere I can look back to.
2/n
What are the implications of using hacked data for research?
A short thread inspired by the fact that, before AWs took it down, #Parler was extensively hacked and user data was leaked.
However, I started having second thoughts, so what follows is to organize ideas and have it somewhere I can look back to.
2/n
First of all, there's an issue of quality. Data might be altered or incomplete, and the source cannot be considered accountable (assuming src is anonymous).
3/n
Finally, users’ privacy is at stake, since researchers could see material that users didn’t agree for other people to see.
4/n
This is all the more true in cases such as the #ParlerHack, where the leaked information is of particularly sensitive nature, and there’s a high risk of unintended consequences.
5/n
After all the data is out there, users are already exposed, and using the leaked information for rsrch (with some precautions) might not cause any additional harm.
Does this mean free for all then?
6/n
On practical grounds, there might be legal boundaries in place (depending on the context).
But more generally, from a deontology perspective I think that (as long as the resercher is not responsible for the hack) the picture is blurred.
7/n
On the other hand, I think the problem of users’ consent should not be bypassed as easily.
8/n
In fact it can be argued that using illegally obtained data for research purposes might legitimize (or even encourage) illegal or unethical behavior.
9/n
Do you know of any explicit guidelines in poli /soc sciences that address this issue?
n/n
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If I were a grad student in poli-sci /social psych / etc right now, I'd be getting my advisor to let me change my dissertation topic right now. The potential of this dataset is insane. https://t.co/0F5o6tUdYu
— Andrew Therriault (@therriaultphd) January 11, 2021
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