Using Social Media Data

Social media is becoming a more significant part of our daily lives. Therefore, the way people interact becomes a more interesting source of data for research as well. Although the data is openly available to everyone, you are still processing personal data when you want to process social media data as a researcher. Therefore, your research should take into account legal and ethical considerations.

Before processing the social media data, consult our guide. The guidance focuses on the data protection and legal aspects related to the use of personal data from social media platforms. Some ethical elements are also introduced; however, the document is not intended to be exhaustive regarding the ethical aspects. If you have doubts, please contact the ethics board from your faculty.

The guide applies to all data collected from social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Youtube, Reddit etc.