Facebook has stopped plans to launch Instagram Kids — for now. Experts say that's not enough.
alleging that the company is fully aware of its platform’s negative impact — including the toxic impact it has on teenage girls., taken together the new reports paint a picture of a problem that is spiraling out of control.
“Although these platforms can be used as a tool to develop and maintain relationships, they can also be used to self-objectify, compare themselves to peers, motivate harmful behaviors, and seek external validation through the number of likes, views and comments,” she said.looked at a sample of 720 Instagram posts, 240 of which were related to eating disorders. The report also looked at posts about plastic surgery and skin whitening.
They included a few examples of harmful posts, including those that directly promote extreme diets , as well as pictures of teenage girls with captions full of negative self-talk. does little to combat, the report argues.“While Instagram takes action to remove the most obvious hashtags that promote eating disorders, Instagram users can easily get around this by using creative hashtags ... to evade attempts to suppress their content,” the researchers write.
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