Don't "research fast and break things": On the ethics of Computational Social Science. (arXiv:2206.06370v1 [cs.CY])

This article is concerned with setting up practical guardrails within the
research activities and environments of CSS. It aims to provide CSS scholars,
as well as policymakers and other stakeholders who apply CSS methods, with the
critical and constructive means needed to ensure that their practices are
ethical, trustworthy, and responsible. It begins by providing a taxonomy of the
ethical challenges faced by researchers in the field of CSS. These are
challenges related to (1) the treatment of research subjects, …

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