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October 6, 2021 05:28 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712927/facebook-instagram-teen-mental-health-research
Facebooks whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years
For weeks, Facebook has stared down mounting anxiety over a leaked internal study about the harmful effects of Instagram on teenage girls — and Tuesday night, Mark Zuckerberg finally responded to the scandal personally. In an open letter to Facebook staff, Zuckerberg scoffed at concerns raised by whistleblower Frances Haugen, doubling down on earlier Facebook claims that the report has been misinterpreted.
“If we’re going to have an informed conversation about the effects of social media on young people, it’s important to start with a full picture,” Zuckerberg wrote. “We’re committed to doing more research ourselves and making more research publicly available.”
But for researchers who study social media, the internal study that sparked...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712927/facebook-instagram-teen-mental-health-research
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