Naomi revisits The Wall Street Journal expose on how Facebook was made aware of internal research data showing the negative impacts of its app Instagram on young people and failed to act. What did the expose say and have we made any progress in making social media a positive tool for young people? Why DOES Instagram suck us into the "compare and despair" spiral and what does that mean for eating disorder recovery?
To read the WSJ expose, click here.
The 2017 TIME Magazine article Naomi references can be accessed here, which cites a survey from the UK's Royal Society for Public Health
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Naomi revisits The Wall Street Journal expose on how Facebook was made aware of internal research data showing the negative impacts of its app Instagram on young people and failed to act. What did the expose say and have we made any progress in making social media a positive tool for young people? Why DOES Instagram suck us into the "compare and despair" spiral and what does that mean for eating disorder recovery?
To read the WSJ expose, click here.
The 2017 TIME Magazine article Naomi references can be accessed here, which cites a survey from the UK's Royal Society for Public Health
Follow Picture Blurrfect-
Twitter: @blurrfect
Instagram: @picture_blurrfect
E-mail: naomi.charalambakis90@gmail.com