"Facebook is aware that Instagram is making it worse for one
in three teenage girls who use the app, according to leaked
internal research. Facebook's photo and video sharing platform
is causing suicidal thoughts among young users, which by
according to researchers, affects British teenagers who use the
application twice as often as in America, "- writes The Times,
citing information published by The Wall Street Journal.
According to results first released by The Wall Street Journal,
in focus groups, teenage girls in both countries accused Instagram
of causing them anxiety and depression. 32% of teenage girls
said that when they mistreated body, Instagram made them treat
him even worse, "wrote Facebook researchers in a slide
presentation last March."
Among teenagers who reported suicidal thoughts, 13% of British
users and 6% of American users associated their desire to commit
suicide with Instagram, according to one presentation. More than
40% of Instagram users aged 22 and younger, and about 22 million
teenagers in The US goes to Instagram every day. (...) ", - the
article says. "The researchers concluded that some of the problems
are specific to Instagram and not to social media in general. As the
WSJ writes, this is especially true of 'social comparison', where
people measure their own worth against the attractiveness, wealth,
and success of others. . (...)
