Abaphandi kokuphalwa data umfundi Facebook, udityaniswe ngayo iirekhodi eyunivesithi, wayesebenzisa lo edityanisiweyo data uphando, uze ndakuxelela nezinye abaphandi.
Ukususela ngo-2006, kunyaka ngamnye iqela oonjingalwazi kunye abancedisi uphando kokuphalwa profiles Facebook onke amalungu kwiKlasi ka-2009 "kwikholeji yabucala eyahlukeneyo ekumntla US" Le data nobude Facebook kwi ubuhlobo nezimnandi enkcubeko uye kwesele data leekholeji wayekwazi dorms abafundi 'zokuhlala kunye okuzithabathela ezifundweni. Oku nesele data zazimela luncedo kubaphandi, waza wayisebenzisa ukwenza ulwazi olutsha izihloko ezifana nendlela lwentlalo uthungelwano ifomu (Wimmer and Lewis 2010) kunye nendlela iinethiwekhi nokuziphatha co-azivelele zentlalo (Lewis, Gonzalez, and Kaufman 2012) . Ukongeza usebenzisa data ngomsebenzi wabo, incasa, sies, kwaye iqela lophando Ixesha wenza idata ekhoyo abanye abaphandi, emva kokuthatha amanyathelo ukukhusela abafundi 'yabucala yaye ngokuhambelana kunye neminqweno Foundation Science yeSizwe ( leyo ngemali isifundo) (Lewis et al. 2008) .
Ngelishwa, kwiintsuku nje emva wenza data zazifumaneka, abanye abaphandi bafumanisa ukuba isikolo umbuzo Harvard College (Zimmer 2010) . Incasa, sies, kunye nabaphandi Ixesha ubutyholwa "ukusilela ukubambelela kwimigangatho uphando yokuziphatha" (Zimmer 2010) ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba abafundi yayingazinikanga esivumelwano (zonke iinkqubo zaye zajongwa kwaye zamkelwa IRB Harvard kwaye Facebook). Ukongeza ekugxekweni ukususela kwiinkcuba, amanqaku amaphephandaba wabonakala kunye imixholo ezifana "Harvard Abaphengululi watyholwa Ukwaphula Privacy Abafundi '" (Parry 2011) . Ekugqibeleni, le dataset ndakhutshwa Internet, kwaye ngoku ngeke zisetyenziswe abanye abaphandi.