Should Facebook Inc. Open Up Its User Data for the Greater Good?

The Motley Fool - Cites research by Benjamin Crosier, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychiatry, in article about how Facebook's restrictions on its user data is affecting academia. Crosier is researching links between social-media activity and problems such as drug addiction. Crosier, who had hoped to build an app, was denied access to the Facebook data he was using earlier this year and is now petitioning the social network, hoping he can resume his efforts.