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This is Facebook’s internal research on the mental health effects of Instagram

The Verge

The Wall Street Journal reported that the files showed Instagram knew the social media network has a negative affect on teens’ mental health. Facebook has pushed back on the WSJ’s characterizations of its research, saying that “it is simply not accurate that this research demonstrates Instagram is ‘toxic’ for teen girls.”.

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Inside Facebook’s struggle to keep young people

The Verge

They predicted that, if “increasingly fewer teens are choosing Facebook as they grow older,” the company would face a more “severe” decline in young users than it already projected. And while Instagram remains incredibly popular with teens, Facebook’s own data shows that they are starting to engage with the app less. Declining numbers.

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Facebook’s whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years

The Verge

But for researchers who study social media, the internal study that sparked the controversy was mostly confirmation of what they already knew — that Instagram makes teen girls feel worse about their bodies, and that they blame the platform for anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts. I didn’t feel like it was tremendously surprising.”.

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Hey Nonprofits: Here Comes Gen Z Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These potential donors are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook. A good checklist and some recommendations can be found on slides 50-53. That generation has been dubbed as “ Generation Z.”

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Facebook isn’t telling the whole story about its mental health research

The Verge

The Wall Street Journal ’s reporting included internal slides discussing data that showed Instagram was linked with issues like anxiety, depression, suicidal thought, and body image issues. Facebook put up its own version of the leaked slides — complete with annotations that it said “give more context” on the research.

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[VIDEO] Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation

Bloomerang

I just want to let you all know that we are recording in this session, and we’ll be sending out the recording as well as the slides later on today. Margit, I’m going to stop sharing and I’ll let you pull up your beautiful slides because I know you’ve got a lot of good stuff. I’ll have to update this slide.

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Why Facebook should release the Facebook Files

The Verge

We know Facebook executives believe that the company has positive overall benefits for the world, and we also know that they are meticulous students of their own data. Last week I argued here that Facebook ought to address this situation by committing to doing more research like that found in the Facebook Files, rather than less.