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by verteu 948 days ago
Thanks for the study! I was hoping for something about teens (not adults >=19), and ideally a meta-analysis.

This article looks promising: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Facebook#Psycholo...

I know the media often cites Instagram's internal research saying "we make body image issues worse for 1 in 3 teen girls", but the actual stat is not too damning IMO: 'Among teen girls with body image issues, 32% said Instagram made it worse, 22% said Instagram made it better, and 46% said it had no impact' [1]

[1] page 14 of https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Instagram-Te...