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Facebook Faces Senate Probe After Report Reveals Instagram’s Harmful Effects on Teenage Girls

streetwisepol September 16, 2021 Congress, Facebook, Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg, Mental Health, Politics, Social Media, Tech, US, US News Comments Off on Facebook Faces Senate Probe After Report Reveals Instagram’s Harmful Effects on Teenage Girls
Lawmakers are taking action on Facebook after a recent report revealed that the social media company is aware that its Instagram platform can be harmful to young girls’ mental health. In a joint statement released Tuesday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said they are launching a bipartisan investigation into Facebook’s knowledge of the negative impact of the popular photo-sharing platform on teenage users. “It is clear that Facebook is incapable of holding itself accountable,” the senators said in the statement. “The Wall Street Journal’s reporting reveals Facebook’s leadership to be focused on a growth-at-all-costs mindset that valued profits over the health and lives of children and teens.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook has been keeping secret from the public its internal studies, which repeatedly found that Instagram users, particularly teenage girls, suffer from mental health and body image issues. One internal presentation slide obtained by …

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