“This project yields important insights, and the risks (e.g. trauma etc.) are minimal. This means that suppressing publication is not proportionate to the importance of the insights the study yields.”
Zurich researchers posted AI comments on r/ChangeMyView posing as a rape victim and a trauma counselor, and told nobody. They broke the subreddit’s rules on purpose. The ethics board gave a formal warning and let them publish. The university called the risks minimal.