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"[It] seems to have become accepted wisdom by many — including policymakers —
that social media is dangerous for kids. But every time we look at the details,
the data is lacking. This is not for a lack of trying, of course. There have
been tons of studies that try to make the link, but most of them fail to turn
up anything significant. It’s not that there aren’t kids who are depressed
and/or suicidal. There are. And many of them are on social media. Because
basically all kids are these days. But making the link is what’s difficult.
Some of the people pushing this narrative just like to ignore inconvenient
facts. Remember, of course, all the interest in Frances Haugen’s leaked files
from inside Facebook/Instagram. The headline story was that Facebook knew that
Instagram made girls feel worse about themselves. But the reality was that the
study showed that it made a much higher percentage feel better about
themselves.
But that version doesn’t make headlines."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
