{"id":344881,"date":"2021-09-27T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T11:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-says-instagram-makes-teens-feel-good-about-themselves\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T11:53:32","slug":"facebook-says-instagram-makes-teens-feel-good-about-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-says-instagram-makes-teens-feel-good-about-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook says Instagram makes teens feel good about themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> says Instagram makes teens feel good about themselves<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Facebook released another defense of its subsidiary Instagram Sunday, insisting that the popular photo-sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> makes teen girls feel better about themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s rebuttal comes after a damning investigation found that Facebook knew of the platform\u2019s toxic impact on young people \u2014 and failed to fix it. <\/p>\n<p>In a blog post published Sunday evening, Facebook\u2019s vice president of research Pratiti Raychoudhury responded to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-knows-instagram-is-toxic-for-teen-girls-company-documents-show-11631620739?mod=article_inline\">Wall Street Journal investigation<\/a> that found, among other things, that Facebook\u2019s internal research had shown the app makes \u201cbody image issues worse for one in three teen girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raychoudhury did not confront many of the Journal\u2019s assertions, including that teens said they feel addicted to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she argued that the Journal\u2019s characterization of Facebook\u2019s findings on how Instagram affects body image issues in teen girls was without context and \u201csimply not accurate\u201d \u2014 even though the report quoted directly from a leaked internal document. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-25.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook's vice president of research Pratiti Raychoudhury says that one in three girls experience an exacerbated case of body image issues on social media. \" class=\"wp-image-19587125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-25.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-25.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-25.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Facebook\u2019s vice president of research Pratiti Raychoudhury says that one in three girls experience an exacerbated case of body image issues on social media. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Antigone-Davis.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Facebook Global Head of Safety Director Antigone Davis is scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on September 30, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19587143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Antigone-Davis.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Antigone-Davis.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Antigone-Davis.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Facebook Global Head of Safety Director Antigone Davis is scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on September 30, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Craig Barritt\/Getty Images for Teen Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe research actually demonstrated that many teens we heard from feel that using Instagram helps them when they are struggling with the kinds of hard moments and issues teenagers have always faced,\u201d Raychoudhury wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The internal report cited by the Journal covered 12 areas, including loneliness, anxiety, sadness and eating issues, Raychoudhury said, adding that, \u201cbody image was the only area where teen girls who reported struggling with the issue said Instagram made it worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even when it comes to body image, she claimed, \u201cthe majority of teenage girls who experienced body image issues still reported Instagram either made it better or had no impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-24.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Raychoudhury argued that the initial report was not accurate and the characterization of Facebook's findings on how Instagram affects body image issues in teen girls was without context.\" class=\"wp-image-19587163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-24.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-24.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-24.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Raychoudhury argued that the initial report was not accurate and the characterization of Facebook\u2019s findings on how Instagram affects body image issues in teen girls was without context.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-26.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Raychoudhury also said that according to research, teens who still suffered from body image issues still reported the Instagram made them feel better about it. \" class=\"wp-image-19587167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-26.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-26.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/instagram-26.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Raychoudhury also said that according to research, teens who still suffered from body image issues still reported the Instagram made them feel better about it. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alamy Stock Photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Raychoudhury went on to criticize Facebook\u2019s own internal research, saying that some of it was based \u201con input from only 40 teens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Facebook has used the internal research reported by the Journal to \u201cinform changes to our apps and provide resources for the people who use them,\u201d Raychoudhury noted.<\/p>\n<p>The online rebuttal comes days before Facebook\u2019s global head of safety, Antigone Davis, is\u00a0expected to appear before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee\u00a0on Thursday. She\u2019s expected to face questions about the findings of the Journal investigation as well as about Facebook\u2019s plans for an \u201cInstagram for kids.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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