Facebook has spent the past week doing damage control after a series of Wall Street Journal reports revealed damning evidence that the company wasn’t …
Facebook has spent the past week doing damage control after a series of Wall Street Journal reports revealed damning evidence that the company wasn’t acting on some of the biggest issues plaguing its services, including the ongoing dissemination COVID misinformation and preferential treatment for some elite users. Facebook’s own internal research found teen girls‘ negative self-image is made worse by using Instagram, according to the Journal. „32% of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse,“ an internal Facebook document reviewed by the Journal said. „Comparisons on Instagram can change how young women view and describe themselves.“ Now, the company is now pausing the rollout of an iteration of its photo- and video-sharing app geared toward kids under 13. But Instagram boss Adam Mosseri told the „Today“ show that the pause is not a result of the WSJ reporting. „I think it’s impossible to say,“ Mosseri said. When asked about the approximately one-third of teen female respondents whose negative self-image was exacerbated by Instagram, Mosseri disputed that, too.
