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Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise – here are the harms researchers have been documenting for years

  • Written by Christia Spears Brown, Professor of Psychology, University of Kentucky
imageInstagram's emphasis on filtered photos of bodies harms girls' self-image.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram – the social media platform most used by adolescents – is harmful to teen girls’ body image and well-being but swept those findings...

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