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What Next TBD: What Instagram Does to Teens

October 01, 2021 0:25:24 0.0 MB Downloads: 0

Since 2018, internal research teams at Facebook have been studying the effect on Instagram on mental health. Their results couldn’t be more clear: Instagram is causing problems, especially for teen girls. 


Why has it taken so long for their research to surface? And what can be done to improve the relationship between kids and the platform?


Guest: Georgia Wells, tech reporter at the Wall Street Journal. 


Host: Lizzie O’Leary

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