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Facebook says Instagram is not ‘toxic for teens,’ despite damning WSJ report

The Verge

Raychoudhury ignores many of the issues raised in the WSJ piece, including that teens claimed they felt addicted to Instagram. The tiny study was “designed to inform internal conversations about teens’ most negative perceptions of Instagram,” Raychoudhury claims. Raychoudhury specifically cites that hearing as the reason for the post.

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Instagram internal research: ‘We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls’

The Verge

As one slide from an internal Facebook presentation put it: “We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.” (The Teens told Facebook’s researchers that they felt “addicted” to Instagram and wanted to check it less often, but didn’t have the self-control to rein in their usage.

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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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Daily Crunch: Apple says it earned $20.8B from 935M subscriptions last fiscal quarter

TechCrunch

AWS says growth dropped to mid-teens as customer cost-cutting continues , by Ron. 4 activist investors walk into a Salesforce : Can 4 activist investors play nice in the Salesforce sandbox? Ford left ‘$2B of profits on the table’ in 2022 , by Kirsten. Amazon ramped up content spending to $16.6B in 2022 , by Lauren.

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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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How Much Time Should Your Nonprofit Invest In Different Social Media Channels?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Larry Swiader, Senior Director of Digital Media at The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Or, if you’d like to watch the entire presentation or download the presentation slides. David Almacy, Senior Vice President at Edelman. Here are our crib notes. Measure program success, not just analytics.