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Meta’s own research on teen girls leaks

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Internal slides said Instagram made body-image issues worse for one in three teen girls who already had them. Among teens who reported suicidal thoughts, 13% of British and 6% of American users traced them to Instagram.

Frances Haugen at the witness table in a Senate hearing room, looking down at her notes, a microphone in front of her.
Frances Haugen testifies to a Senate Commerce subcommittee on October 5, 2021. Image: U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, public domain.
Meta’s responseMeta said the reporting mischaracterized research that, in some cases, relied on input from 40 teens.

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