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Sep 14, 2021 8 tweets 2 min read
“WE MAKE BODY IMAGE ISSUES WORSE FOR 1 IN 3 TEEN GIRLS.” That’s a document that Facebook employees shared internally, summarizing research about teen girls who experience these issues

By me, @JeffHorwitz + @dseetharaman wsj.com/articles/faceb… “Every time I feel good about myself, I go over to Instagram, and then it all goes away,” one teen told me.

Facebook knows that Instagram is harmful to many young users—especially teenage girls, internal documents show. Publicly, Facebook plays down the app’s impact.