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Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads (futurism.com)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember: someone went out of their way and put effort into programming this.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

An entire team.

A study published in a medical journal showed that Facebook (primarily) along with other social media was responsible for the rise in teenage suicide in girls. Let that sink in.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6791504/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I 100% believe that Facebook and friends are contributing to this trend but it's important to note that the linked study does not conclude that causation is present:

There is an independent association between problematic use of social media/internet and suicide attempts in young people. However, the direction of causality, if any, remains unclear. Further evaluation through longitudinal studies is needed.