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The thousands of vulnerable people harmed by Facebook and Instagram are lost in Meta's 'average user' data

  • Written by Joseph Bak-Coleman, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington
imageMark Zuckerberg's company says the kids are all right, but the data it presents is only about how the average social media user is doing.AP Photo/Eric Risberg

Fall 2021 has been filled with a steady stream of media coverage arguing that Meta’s Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram social media platforms pose a threat to users’ mental health a...

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