{"id":2887,"date":"2021-09-18T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T08:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/18\/leaks-just-exposed-how-toxic-facebook-and-instagram-are-to-teen-girls-and-well-everyone\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T08:40:41","slug":"leaks-just-exposed-how-toxic-facebook-and-instagram-are-to-teen-girls-and-well-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/18\/leaks-just-exposed-how-toxic-facebook-and-instagram-are-to-teen-girls-and-well-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaks just exposed how toxic Facebook and Instagram are to teen girls and, well, everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The company\u2019s own research reveals that Instagram harms teens, that it can\u2019t control anti-vax misinformation, and that there is a secret double standard for VIPs. In short, the problem with Facebook is Facebook<\/p>\n<p>For years, Facebook has faced torrents of criticism from human rights groups and academic researchers, who raised alarms about the ways that the most pervasive digital social platform in human history distorts our world and promotes destructive behavior ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/apr\/15\/instagram-apologises-for-promoting-weight-loss-content-to-users-with-eating-disorders\">eating disorders<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/feb\/07\/facebook-myanmar-genocide-violence-hate-speech\">genocide<\/a>. In response, Mark Zuckerberg and his staff have frequently pronounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/mar\/21\/mark-zuckerberg-response-facebook-cambridge-analytica\">commitments to reform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While many of those pledges and predictions seemed to have been sincere, it turns out that not only have the architecture and incentives built into Facebook itself undermined the biggest efforts to fix the service, but that Facebook\u2019s own research staff have informed top leadership of the company\u2019s stunning failures.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/sep\/18\/facebook-instagram-zuckerberg-teenagers\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/121334a4f83c31229194f5832ab000e8a7beddb6\/0_554_5184_3110\/master\/5184.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=33e5a85b2fce34e1599fbe2b9f3db5bb\" title=\"Leaks just exposed how toxic Facebook and Instagram are to teen girls and, well, everyone\" \/>The company\u2019s own research reveals that Instagram harms teens, that it can\u2019t control anti-vax misinformation, and that there is a secret double standard for VIPs. In short, the problem with Facebook is Facebook<br \/>\nFor years, Facebook has faced torrents of criticism from human rights groups and academic researchers, who raised alarms about the ways that the most pervasive digital social platform in human history distorts our world and promotes destructive behavior ranging from eating disorders to genocide. In response, Mark Zuckerberg and his staff have frequently pronounced commitments to reform.<br \/>\nWhile many of those pledges and predictions seemed to have been sincere, it turns out that not only have the architecture and incentives built into Facebook itself undermined the biggest efforts to fix the service, but that Facebook\u2019s own research staff have informed top leadership of the company\u2019s stunning failures. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company\u2019s own research reveals that Instagram harms teens, that it can\u2019t control anti-vax misinformation, and that there is a secret double standard for VIPs. 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