Lawmakers Grill Facebook Over Leaked Internal Research on Instagram’s Harmful Impact on Teens

Lawmakers Grill Facebook Over Leaked Internal Research on Instagram’s Harmful Impact on Teens
A smart phone screen displays the logo of Facebook with a Facebook website background in Arlington, Va., on April 7, 2021. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
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Facebook was heavily criticized by members of Congress on Thursday during a hearing examining how the social network giant handled internal research relating to its Instagram platform and how it can be harmful to the mental health of teenagers.

Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, was grilled for over three hours by lawmakers who accused Facebook—which owns Instagram—of concealing its findings showing that the Instagram app is harmful to significant numbers of teenage girls.

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